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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It also turns out that no one in the real world cares about where your kids are going to school.  Do you think that the top companies in Wherever do recruits from University of Wherever? They do. There are smart kids everywhere. [/quote]

And very few companies take all their interns/starting jobs from a small group of universities, they hire at a wide variety.  The fact that is not obvious to someone "who is so smart to attend a T25" is astounding.  
[b]It is always better to be Top where ever you are.  Much easier to do that at a 25-60 ranked school or below where everyone is not 1580+/4.0UW.[/b]  [/quote]

yes, yes, yes.  
Husband went to med school at Hopkins.  Half his class was from places like Appalachian State or Towson.  MUCH easier to do well there and stand out than it is from Yale where every one of your classmates is driven and smart.    [/quote]

yes, and it also translates to professors actually knowing you (because you can stand out) and perhaps doing actual meaningful research as an undergrad.  This leads to meaningful recommendations that standout.  Plenty of smart kids pick something outside the T25 for various reasons.   
For example: my kid is at a T50 school.  Placed into "Freshman Orgo" which means thru AP/IB credit.  Class was filled with kids (over 50%) who actually had taken organic chemistry in HS but didn't have college credit for it, so they were retaking it.  This meant there was essentially no curve for Organic Chemistry.  Average on the midterms was 88 and 89 fall semester.   Organic Chem is one of the most challenging courses in college---the "regular Orgo class" had averages in the 50s and got a curve.  But the freshman class did not.  My kid was happy to get out with a B+ in the course, as they had never taken Orgo previously.   So still plenty of really smart kids, but I can only imagine what it would be like at a T20 school.and how much "easier" it might have been at a school ranked 100-150.   [/quote]

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