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The county I live in is in the top 20 of the country in median household income and the part I live in is considered the most affluent part, yet many really smart kids turned down more prestigious schools also, mostly for financial reasons as well. A few turned down schools like UChicago/Northwestern for my state's university for financial reasons. The guy who is probably the smartest decided to go out of state to UT-Austin over schools like Duke/Rice. There are only about 4 kids going to big name schools.
Really though saving a lot of money during undergrad years for grad school actually makes a lot of sense. There is nothing wrong with less prestigious schools either. Many have honors programs and decent faculty.
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