>Plenty of smart people who get liberal arts degrees from top schools do just fine. There's research that also shows smart people who get degrees from "non" to

>Plenty of smart people who get liberal arts degrees from top schools do just fine. There's research that also shows smart people who get degrees from "non" top schools do just fine as well. They studies those who got accepted to top schools but went to "lesser" ones. Implying top schools select people who will be successful regardless, rather than helping make people successful. It's important to not confuse the causal relationship. * It's also worth noting the authors of those studies found a caveat with people on the lowest ends of the socioeconomic strata getting more benefit from the top schools.