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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]1) Status symbol that reflects intellect and ambition

2) Networking opportunities for graduate school, jobs, and more

3) Quality of education that includes instruction from noted academics

4) Recruiting opportunities, including Wall Street and high-end consulting companies

5) Family tradition to go to a particular school or type of school

6) Student quality, including smarts, wealth, celebrity, and more

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6 partly: Student smarts, not wealth

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3 : Faculty quality and higher amount of smaller-sized classes

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2, partly: phD and MD and Law feeders; couldn't care less about finance/banking

Attending a T15 was lifechanging for myself and many peers; the difference in resources has only grown between T15 vs below the T50ish. It is a wider gap every decade as the smartest students from all over the world aim for the same 10-15 schools. The top quarter of most of these schools used to have about 25% of their students at the 98-99%ile intelligence wise, in the 1990s. Now &gt;75% of all of these schools has students at that level. The students overwhelmingly start in higher math levels and more. For most students in that range, it makes these schools a unique learning experience they cannot get elsewhere. For some students in that range, it is a recipe for self esteem implosion. 
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