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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I went to a very good state school, and a top-5 law school.  My classmates in law school included a lot of harvard-princeton-yale grads, as well as other kids from good state schools.  Just given my class rank, I can tell did better in law school than almost all of them.  I know many ivy grads who went to top-25 law schools (outside of the top ten).  Given limited resources (or a desire for a different experience), state schools are a great choice for college.  It's what your child makes of it that really matters. [/quote]

I work with a lot of recent grads, and there is a real state-of-mind difference between the ones with no debt and the ones who owe $80K. They simply have different outcomes on their adult lives. The ability to be flexible and take a career risk in your 20s is in the long run worth WAY more than where you got your degree. Picking up and moving overseas, or taking a low-paying but prestigious internship, is only possible if you have economic freedom. I wish more kids would take this into account when they're applying to colleges and playing the silly ratings game. [/quote]

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