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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]       As a graduate of a good state flagship U who has  kid that landed in one of those "elite" universities, I will tell you that I never realized the extent of the differences between the two until seeing the experience of my DC.  I loved my college experience and it got me eventually into the professional school and career I hoped for, but the comparison is like apples and oranges - the people, opportunities, the education, the confidence quietly instilled.  I never understood it before.  I almost wish I didn't understand it now.  For 40 years I argued against any meaningful positive differences, but I just didn't know. [/quote]
Heh. I'm the opposite. I attended an elite school, and am sending my kid to a good state flagship U. If you have unlimited money, sure, elite schools are the way to go. For the rest of us mere mortals, the difference is not worth $180K. [/quote]

It also may make a difference that your child has a parent that attended an "elite school."  I am sure that is part of you, and indirectly part of your child even before getting to college.  And some would say if you graduated an elite school you are less "mere mortal" than many others regardless of income.  How many State U grads have been in our President's inner circle for the past 8 years?  [/quote]

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