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I think except for exceptional circumstances by georgeha (4.00 / 2) #5 Fri Apr 20, 2007 at 12:29:44 PM EST

ie. you get an engineering scholarship to IT, Caltech or Stanford, or you're old money and you go to an Ivy League, a state school is just about as good.

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I don't think exceptional circumstances are needed by lm (2.00 / 0) #23 Fri Apr 20, 2007 at 03:05:31 PM EST

Ohio State University is one of the best schools in the country in a number of programs. But that's not the only state school Ohio has. There's also Bowling Green and Miami, which are also very good schools. But then there's Kent State and Wright State, both of which are terrible, and the University of Cincinnati which has a couple of good programs but is mostly mediocre.

There is no more degenerate kind of state than that in which the richest are supposed to be the best.
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So, for a field in which you have knowledge of by georgeha (2.00 / 0) #24 Fri Apr 20, 2007 at 03:37:15 PM EST

a school's reputation, is it worth spending $50 k more on an Ivy League diploma when the state school's program is just as highly rated? That's what I'm curious about, is the name alone worth the extra cost.

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While I'm not an big Ivy League fan by lm (2.00 / 0) #28 Fri Apr 20, 2007 at 04:38:16 PM EST

I'd say yes for two reasons.

The first is because of the value of networking with Ivy Leaguers for four or more years and because of the social capital that will come from being an Ivy League Alumn.

The second is because of the non-program elements of Ivy League schools. Most Ivy League schools are also Liberal Arts schools which I am under the impression that most state schools are not, especially ones with Tech and A&M in their names. I think a well-rounded liberal arts education is worth the premium. But at the same time, I can understand how a reasonable person might disagree with me over the value of a liberal arts education.

My preference for a university education are small to medium sized liberal arts colleges with good reputations.

There is no more degenerate kind of state than that in which the richest are supposed to be the best.
Cicero, The Republic
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The Au equivalent of ivy league by cam (2.00 / 0) #29 Fri Apr 20, 2007 at 05:12:41 PM EST

is the sandstone universities. I saw (IMO) people get employed because of the sandstone university they went to. That probably included me in one case too.

cam
Freedom, liberty, equity and an Australian Republic
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: You, you... by Phage (2.00 / 0) #33 Mon Apr 23, 2007 at 03:50:03 AM EST

Tall poppy, you..

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better by garlic (2.00 / 0) #32 Sat Apr 21, 2007 at 08:34:40 AM EST

for the undergrad schools program you're interested in to have a good reputation, than to worry about the school's reputation in general. The school I went to had a great engineering school, but CS wasn't part of it, and it's CS program was pretty crap.

The graduate program school I went to basically sucks, but worked payed 100% and they offered every graduate course as a night class.

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