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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Way too many people are selling the right college admission as a ticket to success. It's not, as evidenced by the large number of aimless, frustrated young adults I encounter.[/quote]
Depends on how you define "ticket to success" IMO.  If folks sell admission to HYPS undergrad as a ticket to automatic professional success and riches, then yeah, of course that's misguided.  But I think a degree from those schools absolutely provides a ticket to a very enhanced opportunity for professional success and riches provided that you at least do decently academically because the margin for error is so much greater there than elsewhere (i.e., you don't have to be anywhere near the top 5-10 percent of your class for admission to a top graduate program).  Just like, if you attend a top 5 law school, just finishing in the top third to half of your class is usually enough to land a decent big law firm job.  At least it was back in my day.  Things may have changed somewhat with the legal job market, but the general "increasing margin for error the more prestigious your undergrad" principle still seems to be true writ large.

In many ways, I see attending the "Big 3" HS as the same thing.  No guaranteed ticket to a top undergrad, but your margin for error is much greater.  We're willing to pay $40K a year for that (plus the actual benefits of a private school learning environment), as are many others.  Reasonable minds can disagree on this of course.[/quote]

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