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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Studies show it doesn't really matter where you go to college -- except maybe the complete tail ends.

https://time.com/54342/it-doesnt-matter-where-you-go-to-college/

Your kid is either motivated and interested in the world or not.

This is borne out in my Bethesda neighborhood where some of the most successful people I know went to no-name SLAC in the middle of nowhere. I mean really no name. Or they went to large state schools and I am not talking UM or wish. or UCLA.[/quote]

I agree with this. Wealthy, striving families around here are so invested in top 15 schools. I expect the elitism of the school matters in the most elite workplaces: like Supreme Court clerking, or a high end law firm. But for the remaining 99.9% of us, the college education is much more dependent on what you put into it.  I want my child to be self-supporting, happy, and healthy.  There are many, many different paths to that outcome.

There are some advantages to not pursuing the most elite college possible: you can get more merit aid at less prestigious schools.  Also, you can let your child out of the Harvard-bound pressure cooker that too many kids are in.

I do realize having a degree from a prestigious school does open some doors. But it is not the do or die proposition some people make it out to be.

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