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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yale could open such large career doors that 35k/yr could be a blip in 5yrs. What if ds made $120k coming out of Yale?[/quote]

This should not be a part of the equation. Dale and Kruger's research has shown over and over (3 decades of data) that the same student will have the same outcomes financially whether they go to an elite college or their safety school. The situation OP is in is literally what D+K's study focuses on.[/quote]

Ok. Ds will have access to every name brand banking, consulting, tech, and private equity firms (that hire from ug) through on campus recruiting if he goes to yale. That will not be the same case if he goes to Penn state. Sure, he could make it in those fields… I did from a no name school, but much less likely and much more difficult than if I would have attended yale[/quote]

But you don’t know what field he wants to go into. For fields without a high ROI, Penn State gives you freedom that Yale can’t. And for plenty of practical fields, Penn State will teach you how to do the work and plug you into an [b]enormous network[/b], whereas at Yale you’ll learn a lot of theory and know a handful of rich people in Manhattan who can’t help you find a job in Pittsburgh. On the other hand if you want to be a professor of comparative lit, Yale is the only choice, but you will literally never repay the loans. I think this really depends on what the kid wants to study, and what he wants to do after school (and the fact that this question came up at all makes me think the answer is, he has no idea.)[/quote]

A mile wide & an inch deep
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In a lot of fields the Yale network isn’t either wide or deep. As I said, if you want to go into comparative lit or Wall Street finance, Yale. If you want to be a construction manager, Penn State. (The construction manager might be less prestigious, but he’ll make way more than the professor of comparative lit.) It really depends on what the kid wants to do, and none of us know the answer to that question. [/quote]

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