<p>Where you went to college is the most overpriced overrated thing in America today. Many of these posts just prove how skillfully the college administrators have been at brainwashing parents. Up to a point it does matter where you went to college but there are at least 40 very good schools with plenty of smart students. Admission is tougher today but some of that is artificial. Now we have prep courses 24/7 and the country is full of Tiger parents. Dose anyone really think today’s HS kids are any smarter. The elite colleges are just playing the upper middle class parents for fools by convincing them that the number #1-5 ranked school will dramatically change the life of their child over #9 or #14. It’s nonsense</p>
<p>Here are the 1997 numbers</p>
<p>Yale 20% Admission Rate 1350-1550 25th-75th percentile SAT range
Columbia 24% Admitted 1341-1438 Range
Penn 33% Admitted 1370-1440 Range
WashU 56% Admitted 1180-1380 Range
USC 70% Admitted 1070-1310 Range
Chicago 71% Admitted 1270-1470 Range</p>
<p>[Schools</a> That Send the Most Grads to Top B-Schools - Businessweek](<a href=“Bloomberg - Are you a robot?”>Bloomberg - Are you a robot?)</p>