I went to an top ranked university (so called Grande Ecole) in my country. Since I graduated, I've never really had a use for the prestige of my university. Of

I went to an top ranked university (so called Grande Ecole) in my country. Since I graduated, I've never really had a use for the prestige of my university. Of course, part of the reason is that I've worked almost exclusively abroad and there nobody knows that my university is well ranked but I strongly believe that what really matters in the end is the actual skills you have and not where the diploma comes from. I find it sad when kids waste their childhood because their parents push them to got to the one perfect ivy league school. I don't think it's beneficial for a kid to choose extracurricular activities based on how the admission committee will look at them. I also do not believe in hours of homework that prevent the kid from having time to assuage his natural curiosity and to have fun.