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[quote=Anonymous]I sit on a committee which awards college generous scholarships to local high school seniors, so I've seen a lot of bright applicants over the last decade plus. We also request updates from recipients and most tend to respond. From what I've seen, there is little difference in outcomes between those who went to a prestigious college and those who chose a less glamorous college. If you really pressed me, it actually seems like a teen becomes more likely to pursue something low paying and indulgent or artsy after attending an Ivy (or perhaps those artsy students were attracted to Ivies in the first pace?). Motivated teens who finish in the very top of their high school class do well in life, period, no matter where they go to college. And maybe you wouldn't believe it reading forums like this, but most extremely ambitious teens have zero interest in going to an Ivy League college or Duke or Vanderbilt. They are grew up wanting to attend a state school (often their family attended) or they fell in love with some semi-selective private college a few hours from home.[/quote]
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