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[quote=Anonymous]I have a question. Does graduating from a top 20 college truly change a person's life?

Okay, I'm sure there are more Nobel Laureates who have graduated from highly ranked colleges than lesser known universities, but for the vast majority of graduates from highly ranked colleges are their lives truly altered by the experience?

Graduates from top 20 colleges are smart perfectly nice people, but generally speaking no more so than other college graduates. Nor do they seem to be more financial successful than graduates from other colleges either. It is likely there are more wealthy people who have graduated from highly ranked schools, but by the same token there is also a greater likelihood of there being legacy wealth in families whose children attend such schools.

Graduates of the top 20 schools do not seem to be more well versed in the Great Works than anyone else. They do not seem any more knowledgable about the great philosophers or contemporary revisionist works either. They are nice smart capable people, but for the most part they are not blow your socks off brilliant.

Acceptance to top 20 schools are so difficult today that many superbly intelligent students must be attending other colleges.

I admit I am impressed when I hear someone has been accepted to or has graduated from a top 20 college, but I sincerely wonder if this will always be the case.

With so many truly brilliant students attending and graduating from lesser known universities, are middle of the road graduates from top 20 colleges still held in the same high esteem as in years past?

If not perhaps we should turn down a degree or two the high school pressure cooker which is currently sending out the message to many that life if not worth living without an Ivy League degree.

But back to my original question and I am sincere in asking it. Will a degree from a top 20 college under normal circumstances all other things being equal, significantly improve the quality of ones life?[/quote]

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