(this is the maniacally egotistical author here) > Clearly the article is only a celebration of the author's ego since he fails to cite the number one professi

(this is the maniacally egotistical author here) > Clearly the article is only a celebration of the author's ego since he fails to cite the number one professional advantage from attending a name-brand school: receiving a world-class education, and becoming more intelligent than coworkers. yep i agree with the OP ... please note that nowhere in my article did i claim that you receive a higher-quality education or become more intelligent than your co-workers by attending a name-brand school. on the contrary, many people i know (from all sorts of colleges) would disagree with those claims. the course syllabuses from most US universities are now online, so you can make the comparisons for yourself; you can see what people in different schools learn, and it's pretty similar ;)