<p>Just to clarify, I don’t think you can realistically assign a $$ value to any education, or life experience for that matter - it is always what you make of it. I was just trying to be a bit provocative re HYPSM since much of the chatter here is, for obvious reasons, about $$, and it is something we all wrestle with. Re connections its true you can start a valuable network at bs but that never occurred to me as a student or for many years after- in fact I think the first time I heard this mentioned as a plus of BS was at an admissions open house that I attended with my daughter. And I am sure she doesn’t have the foggiest notion of what it means to “network” so I wouldn’t pick a school for that reason either. In fact, I was a little put off by the parent at the Open House who asked a student panel to discuss the “connections” they have made due to the school - the question was a bit cringe worthy. But the student answered that he had been given an internship, invited to travel, etc. so yes, I guess it is a plus.</p>