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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If I can afford any of the schools in the T10, my kid would be going to the T10 if they feel they will be happy there.[/quote]

Really, 400k for 4 years of happiness? Or    Only for finance, pre law, pre med and cs? Is that where the happy kids are? [/quote]

[b]It is also your social and professional network for the rest of your life. My spouse and I went to top tier schools. Many of our friends are friends from college or people we met through those friends. Half of our bridal party was college friends.[/b]

That being said, it depends on your financial circumstances, your goals, your family situation, and so much more. But the binary here is pretty extreme. If it was top 10 vs. top 50 it would be a different discussion.[/quote]

This is purely anecdotal [/quote]

It is the truth for virtually everyone I know. And it is not just for top tier schools. My friends who went to mid-range flagship state schools had similar experiences. Sorry it didn't work out for you.[/quote]

I went to HYP and the same.
But here is something more important: I wasn't a social climber. My friends were not people who were looking to be rich, even though I had plenty of peers whose goals were that. [b]My best friends from college I am still in contact with are very succesful, but not in positions to get me jobs necessarily.[/b]
So if your kid gravitates toward people who are gunners, then they will have friends who are gunners.  [/quote]

This is sort of the key thing about choosing a college for its “network.” You meet tons of interesting and eventually successful people in college but they aren’t necessarily people who can help you career wise (obviously you should have and sustain friendships for other reasons, but speaking from a purely professional perspective). Sure, alumni may help, but more likely not especially once you are well removed from school.[/quote]

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