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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You can't eat money.

What did you need that $200K?
Northwestern is better than mindless consumerism. [/quote]

I went to Northwestern and there's a degree to which high sticker education is consumerism and then leads to more consumerism.  I went to NU when it was half the cost it was today and there was an extent to which the fact that most of my classmates were high income led to other consumer pressures.  When I went over 20 years ago, more than 60% of kids came from families with incomes over 200k/year.  People expected you to have money for expensive outings and food and such.  There were things like summer programs I would have liked to do, but financial aid didn't cover them and I didn't have the money.

Those of us who were the financial aid kids generally knew each other because we ran in the same circles getting extra money. Business studies, psychology studies,  giving tours, work study jobs, etc.

Point is, I did the thing, have the degree to show it, but I'm somewhat cynical about it.  I know people from NU who did well, I know people who still relied on their parents post graduation.  I do think the financial realities I faced prepped me well post college.[/quote]

One of my closest and longest known friends went to NU. Life happened and the degree did not payoff. And she graduated 20’years ago. She is very intelligent. You just never know. There are no guarantees. Her brother who went to a DCUM spat upon college — doing VERY well.[/quote]

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