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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There are the Ivy, MIT, and Stanford followed by everyone else.  Look at where the majority of top officials are educated.  Sure, someone will come out of 20-45 and change the world, but you can't argue with facts.  Outside of the schools mentioned in the first sentence, they are all gaming the US News rankings, which have become the great arbitrator of American's social standing insecurities.  [/quote]

But there are no guarantees in life and to look at a school as a magic bullet that is going to pave your kid's way forever is insane.  Even coming out of Virginia or Berkeley or Tufts, not everyone is going to have this awesome career because there are only so many 1)  high positions in corporate America, 2)  one Secretary of State, and 3)  one head of Goldman Sachs.  Take the top 50 schools, multiply by the number of graduates, throw in people who got masters from there but went to a less known undergrad, and the competition is intense for these jobs.  I know Harvard and Wharton MBAs who are not working - nothing is for sure anymore.

I know, "I want to give my kids the best chance".  Fine.  But a lot of top 50 graduates are going to have decent, not fantastic careers, no matter how smart they are and what they did in HS and college.
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