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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Well, Ivy League can be amazing if your career will benefit from that brand name.  If not then you are better off saving yourself that pressure and cost.

If a graduate degree matters a lot in the chosen profession, I would go the route of an in-state school and then spend money to go to the top graduate school....

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Whose career wouldn't benefit from and ivy pedigree?[/quote]

Mine... says random bureaucrat with 2 Ivy degrees :)    Don't bother really with the counselor unless you are feeling too overwhelmed to do the research or want an independent voice as a mediator with your child as they are trying to decide what they think they want when they are 17 years old.  Independent/private college counselors don't have any magic powers or influence to sway admissions officers - they just help to sort through thinking about options & do research that you can do on your own (ie. does your kid thrive in big or small environments, what can you afford, where in the country -- then pick 2 reach schools, a few on target schools, 2 safeties).  It's no brainer stuff.  Don't also get confused with the discussions about the counselors at the private schools in the area - where they are typically actively involved in writing recommendations for kids sometimes - and try to steer kids to help maximize the overall prestige-to-acceptance success rate ratios for the schools.   [/quote]

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