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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The CEO of Northrop Grumman is the same age as most of us parents on this board (born 1975) and she went to JMU for business as an undergrad. She made $20 million this year. That's a good enough tip of the spear for me.[/quote]

Nice Unicorn but a vast majority of top CEOs came from Ivies.

But the question still remains regarding which is the best choice for your kid? The reality is it depends on the field of interest and the major. If your kid doesn't really know what they want to do or waffling between a couple majors then a large state University is probably best.

Getting a teaching degree? Same thing.

However, for kid with Grad school in mind for Law, Business, Medicine then the $120,000 piece of paper can be a difference maker in regards to the level of Graduate school.

But the reality is, for most kids, once they set foot on campus they tend to settle in and enjoy themselves. Some road mapping is obviously helpful but sometimes it is just as good to allow things to sort themselves out. [/quote]

I interview and hire people professionally quite often and do not believe this to be true. Being a top notch student at a solid school is more attractive than being mediocre at many private schools, and there are tons of private schools (including a few ivies) that are not really competitive head to head with compelling candidates from state universities.  Your undergrad degree in particular is increasingly irrelevant given the necessity of graduate or professional school for many top jobs and the many obvious reasons why extremely talented kids may not be able to find their way to Yale out of high school. Once the deck is reshuffled, first in grad school and then in the workplace, people realize that where you decide to go at 17 is not nearly as important as other factors that become evident as the candidate’s life progresses after college. People need to take a breath about all this. If your kid is not a shoo-in at MIT, CalTech or Harvard, but pretty solid as a candidate, they will do just fine going to UVA, W&M or even Mason. [/quote]

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