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[quote=Anonymous]My advice is be wary of advice from dcum. It seems to have a lot of people (or at least a couple frequent posters) who don’t know very much about higher education and are obsessed with fine degrees of ranking difference that have no meaning in hiring decisions or grad school admissions. Unless your kid is is looking for IB or other very niche careers where being at a target school really matters, find schools you can afford, that are strong in what your kid wants to study (with room for change), and that seem to have an atmosphere where they can thrive. And make sure at least 2, maybe 3, on your list are schools they are almost assured to get accepted to. There are many great schools in the U.S. with many great outcomes. I just hired a 30 year old with two degrees from Duke to be my admin assistant’s assistant. Schools are not golden tickets. Kids who are bright and work hard will do well. My kids go to private colleges because they were good fits and we can afford them. But they would thrive at our state flagship too and I would be very proud of them to attend many kinds of schools.[/quote]

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