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You assume, wrongly in my opinion, that the main value of a prestigious university is the classes that they provide. From my experience (n=1) there are great in
by fra 9y ago
You assume, wrongly in my opinion, that the main value of a prestigious university is the classes that they provide.
From my experience (n=1) there are great instructors to be found at many (most?) universities. Indeed you will likely get better bang for your buck at your state’s public universities.
The value of an Ivy League education is in the ressources available to you (e.g. funding for entrepreneurship or to go work in a foreign country during the summer), and access to the network.
- olalonde 9y agoMaybe but "funding for entrepreneurship" or "access to the network" is not where most of the tuition money is spent.
- paulus_magnus2 9y agoEducation itself has huge vale: anyone willing to do CS degree is pretty much guaranteed $100k+ salary. In Europe you can get the degree for free / peanuts. Paying for "brand" offers no additional measurable skills / knowledge, it buys you prestige. What you refer to as "access to network" is mostly cronyism. Paying Harvard fees is essentially buying into the right group of people (rich & powerful) who are vested into this cycle of elite recycling via hiring only "insiders" for best roles. I can't speak for US, but in UK it's been proven this happens a lot.