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[quote=Anonymous]Answers are all over the place, which is good when you think about it.

I concur with an earlier poster that going to an elite college is a rare opportunity to be surrounded by equally bright kids for four years. You're not getting the same atmosphere at even College Park or UVA. No knock on either school, both have their own cohort of high achieving students, but it's one thing to be a gifted minority at a large school versus being the typical student at an elite school. And you do get exposed to a certain level of accomplishment that is genuinely, sincerely, impressive and can be stimulating (and also broadens the dating pool to likeminded peers much more easily).

On the other hand, even at the elite colleges, it's only a minority of students who go on to those amazing accomplishments and roles. Is the extra money worth it? Who knows. Going instate to a flagship or to a private college with substantial merit for most kids will get them to where they will ultimately end up.

IMHO I'm not sure if Wash U or Hopkins undergrad is worth it over instate at UVA or College Park or most flagship state universities, or full or substantial merit at a respectable private college. HYP? Yes, unquestionably yes. Outside HYP/Stanford/MIT/Cal Tech, probably not. If you can afford it, sure, why not, but if money is really an issue and you know you're headed for med school and life as a regular doctor somewhere, then no. [/quote]

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