<p>On the other hand, living in North Dakota, despite the bitter cold, has its advantages. It consistently has the highest SAT scores in the nation.</p>
<p>LOL.</p>
<p>The flip side of the Dartmouth, Cornell, Harvard and NYU dominence for WallStreet Jobs, is that in other markets like Atlanta, Charlotte, Miami, Richmond, Nashville etc. going to the state flagship may have its advantages. </p>
<p>It all depends on where you want to live and what you want to do. I will just say this much: UCLA and Stanford and USC and Berkeley students tend to stay out west and the East Coast elites tend to stay in the East. There is always an exception here and there, but the majority do as I suggest.</p>
<p>Then there is the “contrarian” point of view. Going to a well known school in a major city and then returning to your roots…as a different resume, than the bazillions of state flagship grads, and being interviewed and hired on that basis. </p>
<p>I think going to school in New York, regardless of whether its Barnard, Fordham, Hunter College, NYU, Yeshiva, Manhattan College, Stony Brook, Hofstra, Columbia has its advantages for kids returning “home”. “If you can make it there, you can make it anywhere!”</p>
<p>Ditto in Boston.</p>