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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm really surprised that I don't see more private school alums speaking up for their alma maters. I was offered a full ride to Rutgers (Douglass College) and a seat in their honors program. I turned it down because I got a near equivalent offer from Lehigh University and I felt that the private school experience would offer much richer networking and career placement opportunities thanks to the deeply loyal alumni base. That proved to be true. I got my MBA at Georgetown and see the same strong alumni network in action there.

On the other hand, my husband received his undergraduate, masters and PhDs from state universities, and I see no evidence of any strong alumni ties. Could be just his personality, but I really think the strong ties to school and the tradition of helping other alumni are one of the strongest reasons for paying the differential for a private university.

I never regretted my choice, and I paid back my student loans early and then contributed funds to Lehigh to cover all the scholarship monies they invested in me.  [/quote]I'm glad it worked out for you, pp.  Sounds like it was a good way to go. But if my kid were choosing between an honors program at Rutgers and Lehigh, I would encourage her to go to Rutgers.  I've taught at both a second-tier state university and a less well regarded liberal arts college.  True, there were probably alumni networks at the college that were useful but, while I was very fond of my college students, on the whole I had students at the state university who were sharper and more independent.  Of course there were a lot of very poorly prepared students at the state university but the smartest students were smarter than most of my nice but not exceedingly bright college students.  But of course you're talking about networking which is a different thing entirely so maybe it makes sense to go to a private school.  Still I can't see spending that much.[/quote]

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