I disagree with your first point. You can't view education as simply financial investment vs 'experience.' It's also a personal investment. By that I mean one o

I disagree with your first point. You can't view education as simply financial investment vs 'experience.' It's also a personal investment. By that I mean one of the most important things that happens to people in this group is that they grow up and you want to have an environment that allows this to happen without getting in the way of your education. Will going to this school allow you to be a leader? Will you be supported in your choices without being punished for failure? This is as much determined by your peers as the faculty, and it's pretty important. And I don't think 17-year-olds are mature enough to understand this; if they did, they wouldn't need to go to school to learn it.