> Now the only advantage of a university is signaling where you got accepted, networking with similar people for future jobs, becoming socialized by a culture o

> Now the only advantage of a university is signaling where you got accepted, networking with similar people for future jobs, becoming socialized by a culture of university-types, and showing you have the discipline to jump through 4 years of fairly arbitrary hoops. There is value to this, but is it worth $200k+? Yes this is absolutely worth 200k if you do it at the right school. Getting the signals and network is the only way to get a white collar job.