For me the biggest thing about going to an elite school is expectation. The more you expect for yourself, the more others expect from you the more you are driv

For me the biggest thing about going to an elite school is expectation. The more you expect for yourself, the more others expect from you the more you are driven to succeed or make something of your life. Elite colleges are like the newsweek article on octopart, it makes you want to beat the expectations on you, only several order or magnitudes less. I think getting an education is secondary in college. Finding people who live with passion used to be a problem when we didn't have the internet. And working/studying in elite institutions gave you a higher chance of meeting passionate people.