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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My father was funny on this topic.  When I was a HS senior, his take was CC plus state school makes the most sense.  My mom was the one who said of course we'll pay for Harvard (Little did I know (though I learned years later), she was thinking MRS).  Summer after sophomore year of college, Dad and I were talking and suddenly he just looked at me and said "Wow, I was wrong.  The education you're getting is so much better than what I got."  He's as smart and as hard-working (and as voracious a reader) as I am.  So it wasn't talent or effort that made the difference -- it was exposure.

OTOH, I ended up in a much less lucrative job than I probably would have had I followed his recommendations.  OTOH, Mom ended up being right about the MRS.  OTOOH, to me, [b]the lasting value of my education is that I'm never bored. [/b] So many interesting things to learn about that I'll never run out.  Didn't go into college with that attitude -- certainly came out with it.  [/quote]

But you are making the assumption that your Ivy education is the reason for this. Because you don't have a clone of yourself to test this hypothesis by sending her to CC and state school, you really have no idea if you would have blossomed intellectually at pretty much any college.

Harvard offers a great education, but it's not superior to the education you'll receive at, say, Pomona or Swarthmore. Different, but not better, at least in the liberal arts. [/quote]

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