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[QUOTE="HuskyHawk, post: 4746305, member: 1414"]
I think that comment just takes common sense a bit too far.  The basic point is that there is a value component to this that is too often discarded by parents in pursuit of prestige.  It's become more about the credential than the education.

You look at departments, most parents don't have that information at all.  Faculty is so variable.  In some fields, maybe you want the geniuses teaching physics at MIT.  But in other areas you have published experts who are crappy teachers, or you end up with grad students (I did for calculus at UConn, couldn't understand a word she said).  Nobody is really giving that info to parents that lets them peel back the layers.

But the truth remains, if you or your child is taking out major loans for college, it's almost certainly a mistake.  If you are smart enough and poor enough, the Ivy's are free.  If you get in to an expensive private or top public and get no aid, it's better to go elsewhere than take out loans.  If your family lacks the means to pay, and you don't get merit or significant financial aid, go to the cheapest school or community college and transfer.
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