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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The parents who blew their wad on ED to Tulane with a 3.3/1260/27 will be the ones with regrets when their kid ends up [b]at the same grad/law/business school[/b] as your kid from Cheaperthan U and you're still sitting on a fat pile.[/quote]

I hate this analogy...so everyone, let's stop using it.  Grad school is often a complete waste of money and only 35% of college graduates pursue it.

Let's stick to the better script...which is plenty of people achieve from any school.[/quote]

First of all, nerd, 35% is a lot. But OK, how about a different analogy? The OP's kid graduates from their cheap school and ends up working in a cubicle next to one of those average stat kids whose parents bought their way into Tulane ED. Who's going to have regret then?

I worked alongside a Vandy grad at my first job out of a very average university. He mentioned it at least once a day just like the guy in The Office would bring up Cornell. My response was always the same: "We work the same job at the same company."[/quote]

I doubt that made him regret attending Vandy though. [/quote]

His old man might have regretted dropping 140 G's on it (roughly the four-year COA back then) if he'd known I paid next to nothing for a lower-ranked school and ended up at the same place as his kid.[/quote]

So...should the Vandy grads that ended up working at KKR and Goldman and equivalent get to feel absolutely superior to you and other "average state school" grads that were never even remotely considered for an interview?

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Vandy doesn't have a huge presence on The Street. It might be more than PP's "average state school," whatever that was, but it's not a known feeder like Penn, Cornell, Williams, Bucknell, Middlebury, and the like.[/quote]

OK...you are kind of missing the point.  Replace The Street with Bain Consulting.

I just don't understand why people flex the equivalent of "I went to average state U and have average professional job and I love to rag on the Vandy person that also has average professional job"...yet rightfully so, nobody thinks it's cool for the Vandy grad at Bain to feel superior to the average state U kid that couldn't even get an interview to save their life.[/quote]

I don't think that state U person was flexing. It seemed like the Vandy person was flexing in that story.  I think State U person was saying - that if the best financial outcome for a family is that the student attend the State U - it's what the State U student does at school and in life that matters. They will not be "behind" the Vandy person in the long run.

No reason for the Vandy person to feel guilty for going to Vandy (unless they are a jerk who thinks they are better than others).

Some kids really value the experience of going away to a different place - with people from all over the country and all over the world is a great experience.  Some State U will have this population mix too. But if a State U person feels like they "missed out" -  they can use their life after college to explore the world, take a job in another city, whatever. Get your education and get a job and make your life what you want.

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