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Message: [QUOTE="husky429, post: 4279305, member: 6696"] The reality is education is 95% up to the student regardless of where you go. Kids at NESCAC schools do nothing with themselves, and kids like your niece make a great life for themselves coming out of ECSU. CCSU/UConn/ECSU or any other number of cheaper schools can get you the same opportunities as the 80k a year private school. Shoot, some of the best professors I know are working at community colleges. People paying 80k a year for their kids to go to school don't like to hear it, but it's true. It's a total and complete waste of money unless you have cash to throw around that won't impact your life substantially. The parents I know paying that kind of money just want to make their kids happy no matter what--even when it's a waste. They also don't like to hear that rich white kids are not in high-demand. 1000s upon 1000s of applicants have As in their classes and extracurriculars. Your kid isn't special when admissions looks at that piece of paper. Mine won't be in 16 years when he's applying to colleges either. I live with a woman with a law degree from a top-20 program and a PhD from Yale who started at a community college while she commuted from her dad's trailer. My best friend went to CCSU and makes 180k a year. Another friend of mine went to ECSU and is a D1 strength coach. Another buddy of mine went to Harvard and drives uber now. Is there a better chance of getting that better internship that launches a career at a NESCAC school? Well, yeah. Is it worth a 200,000$ gamble. Yeah, no. Big name, high-level schools like the Ivies are probably the exception. [/QUOTE]

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