Son now wants to be a firefighter--what do I do?
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Here’s what the rich think:I disagree and think the stats back me up. A top tier school opens doors you don't get elsewhere. Is the education better? No, although you have a higher peer group to sit in class with and "compete" against, if that's your thing. But the connections and prestige of the degree are worth it according to economists who study these things.
Again, though, it would depend on the subject and her career path. For photography, she'd probably be better off at an art school.
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Connections and rep can help in some fields and are completely meaningless in others. And none of it matters if you don't take advantage of the advantages.I disagree and think the stats back me up. A top tier school opens doors you don't get elsewhere. Is the education better? No, although you have a higher peer group to sit in class with and "compete" against, if that's your thing. But the connections and prestige of the degree are worth it according to economists who study these things.
Again, though, it would depend on the subject and her career path. For photography, she'd probably be better off at an art school.
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End of the day, there are tons of different roads towards having a successful and fulfilling life. The key is finding what fulfills you and then pursuing the building blocks for what allow you to do that. Sometimes that's going to an Ivy, sometimes that's going to community college, sometimes that's becoming a plumber and going fishing on weekends. But the damn hard part is finding what fulfills you as we push a destination mentality on kids instead of a road one.
I’m a bit of an expert here so sit back.
Ultimately it’s what you make of it. My parents were Northwestern grads. My dad had a very good, not great career, mom took a lower paying, lower stress job to be with the kids more. Neither of them felt any kind of allegiance or held the education they received in any kind of high regard.
I grew up obsessed with Notre Dame. Football games every fall with extended family. Fell asleep watching Rudy every night until about 12. First run in with police was being thrown in the Notre Dame Stadium drunk tank as a Senior in High School. First school I applied to.
I’ve seen duds and overachievers graduate both and they probably would have been duds or overachievers regardless of school.
The same phenomenon I’ve seen happen within IU. Tons of Kelley grads who are just piddling along while kids who didn’t get into Kelley with a chip on their shoulder are crushing it.
In summation, Notre Dame is still the 2nd best university on the planet and I should’ve gotten in. But where you went to school doesn’t matter. My sister just finished grad school at UPenn. She’s completely aimless, has no drive and makes peanuts.
What I've heard/read (maybe from Ramsey) is that the "better" schools give you a start at a higher level but on average that gap narrows to next to nothing over time. The cost/benefit for individuals is as varied as the the people themselves.
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