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Oh well it doesn’t really matter if one person from the internet hasnt heard of it, wake forest even has a medical school. Thinking of how “good” an institution

Oh well it doesn’t really matter if one person from the internet hasnt heard of it, wake forest even has a medical school. Thinking of how “good” an institution is based on name recognition doesn’t scale that well or mean that much. What about McGill University or Reed College? Not trying to be snarky or rude it’s just not a solid metric to gauge things like this based on personal familiarity, given how vast the world is.

strikelaserclaw 4y ago
i think OP's point was just about ROI from going to a certain school. Wake forest might be a great school but paying 60-65k per year to go there isn't what i would say is a good move financially. Just my personal opinion but if a person's talent and skill are kept constant, then the difference in life outcomes (financially, professionally) for that person from going to wake forest vs going to a tier 3 school which is much cheaper is probably not that great. On the other end, going to MIT could affect your life in a significant way, maybe your roomate is the next Bill Gates.
- taylodl 4y ago
  The whole point is only the ultra-rich (or woefully ignorant) are paying the full retail price for college. Very few people are paying $65K to go to Wake Forest. If they want you then they'll make it affordable for you. If they don't want you then the retail price should drive you away. If you're a sucker then they'll gladly take your money. That's the game colleges have been playing for at least the last 40 years.
red-iron-pine 4y ago
Outside of a few folks in NE, no one in the US knows what McGill is. Source: American in Canada, have a buncha in-laws who went to McGill. No idea what Reed College is.
- dieselgate 4y ago
  That was kind of my point, McGill is one of the most prestigious universities in Canada/North America/the world and most Americans would have never heard of it
cafard 4y ago
I have know kids from the Washington, DC, area who went to McGill and who went to Reed. Didn't Steve Jobs drop out of Reed?

strikelaserclaw 4y ago

i think OP's point was just about ROI from going to a certain school. Wake forest might be a great school but paying 60-65k per year to go there isn't what i would say is a good move financially. Just my personal opinion but if a person's talent and skill are kept constant, then the difference in life outcomes (financially, professionally) for that person from going to wake forest vs going to a tier 3 school which is much cheaper is probably not that great. On the other end, going to MIT could affect your life in a significant way, maybe your roomate is the next Bill Gates.

taylodl 4y ago
The whole point is only the ultra-rich (or woefully ignorant) are paying the full retail price for college. Very few people are paying $65K to go to Wake Forest. If they want you then they'll make it affordable for you. If they don't want you then the retail price should drive you away. If you're a sucker then they'll gladly take your money. That's the game colleges have been playing for at least the last 40 years.

red-iron-pine 4y ago

Outside of a few folks in NE, no one in the US knows what McGill is. Source: American in Canada, have a buncha in-laws who went to McGill. No idea what Reed College is.

dieselgate 4y ago
That was kind of my point, McGill is one of the most prestigious universities in Canada/North America/the world and most Americans would have never heard of it

cafard 4y ago

I have know kids from the Washington, DC, area who went to McGill and who went to Reed. Didn't Steve Jobs drop out of Reed?