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The richest can pay 20x more for something only slightly better and genuinely think it's a great deal. You can't.

by onlyrealcuzzo 3y ago

DrFalkyn 3y ago
But if you make friends with those rich kids may open opportunities you would not otherwise have.
- nytesky 3y ago
  But is it easy for a lower economic state kid to befriend rich kids? They do come from different worlds, and even the activities (skiing for a weekend, taking taxis to concerts, etc) can divide you. This was partly my experience, though it never entered my mind to try and befriend “rich kids” but I think my choice of activities (think LAN parties vs poker games with real money), my time spent in a campus job, not knowing how to ski or have money for a trip, definitely narrowed my friendship opportunities.
rblatz 3y ago
It’s always been the network, and it always will be. I went to a public university, all my friends and roommates are doing well, but none of them have started a company worth more than a million or so. Some are director level at big tech companies, but none are exec level.
asveikau 3y ago
I think it's pretty unpredictable how much value you will get out of a particular institution. Firstly, students enter at a time when they're still figuring out what life is. You could do a lot of research on how to maximize the best professors or network in a field but most won't predict what specialty they'll end up with. Even if they do, they're so young they could not know how to judge the quality of an authority yet, so who is to say you will estimate that correctly? The other reason people want top schools is for networking with other students. Some people will get a lot out of that and others won't. There's a bit of randomness involved. You could maximize your odds of being surrounded with good networks by going to the best school but honestly, I doubt you can truly predict the worth of that for an individual student.
DiogenesKynikos 3y ago
Ivy League schools give a large proportion of students a full ride, or close to it. Tuition is not really a reason not to go to the Ivies.

The richest can pay 20x more for something only slightly better and genuinely think it's a great deal. You can't.

DrFalkyn 3y ago

But if you make friends with those rich kids may open opportunities you would not otherwise have.

nytesky 3y ago
But is it easy for a lower economic state kid to befriend rich kids? They do come from different worlds, and even the activities (skiing for a weekend, taking taxis to concerts, etc) can divide you. This was partly my experience, though it never entered my mind to try and befriend “rich kids” but I think my choice of activities (think LAN parties vs poker games with real money), my time spent in a campus job, not knowing how to ski or have money for a trip, definitely narrowed my friendship opportunities.

rblatz 3y ago

It’s always been the network, and it always will be. I went to a public university, all my friends and roommates are doing well, but none of them have started a company worth more than a million or so. Some are director level at big tech companies, but none are exec level.

asveikau 3y ago

I think it's pretty unpredictable how much value you will get out of a particular institution. Firstly, students enter at a time when they're still figuring out what life is. You could do a lot of research on how to maximize the best professors or network in a field but most won't predict what specialty they'll end up with. Even if they do, they're so young they could not know how to judge the quality of an authority yet, so who is to say you will estimate that correctly? The other reason people want top schools is for networking with other students. Some people will get a lot out of that and others won't. There's a bit of randomness involved. You could maximize your odds of being surrounded with good networks by going to the best school but honestly, I doubt you can truly predict the worth of that for an individual student.

DiogenesKynikos 3y ago

Ivy League schools give a large proportion of students a full ride, or close to it. Tuition is not really a reason not to go to the Ivies.