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Is an elite college worth $150k?

• tptacek 18y ago
  No.
• quizbiz 18y ago
  It can be. Depends what you make of it.
  • time_management 18y ago
    This was my point. It's an unanswerable question, because the costs and benefits are too individualized.
• siong1987 18y ago
  Yes. It is. The connections you get out of an elite college worth more than that.
  • time_management 18y ago
    I disagree strongly that the connections are the source of the value, at least for undergrad. You're assuming that everyone who goes to an elite college is rubbing elbows with the wealthy. In reality, the people who are able to utilize college in this way are those who are already from wealthy backgrounds. Upper-crust kids don't go to Ivies looking to be "connections" for middle-class strivers. I think that an elite college degree is worth $150k for most people, but I don't think it's the connections that add the value, so much as the prestige of the degree, the recruiting opportunities, and the information learned (mostly outside the classroom) about how the economy and society actually work.
    • siong1987 18y ago
      "the recruiting opportunities, and the information learned (mostly outside the classroom) about how the economy and society actually work" The recruiting opportunities are part of the connections too. The information that you learned outside of class is mostly from your connection outside the class too. This may not be a strong case for a local resident in US. For my case, I did have a stronger connections(friendship) than in my country(Malaysia). I am sure that I cannat achieve what I have done so far here if I decided not to further my college in US.