UChicago Vs. Stanford Vs. Yale

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Sat, 11 Apr 2020 16:06:43 +0000

CaliMex:

Graduating without any debt and having $80k available for grad school will open up more opportunities than having “Yale” or “Stanford” on a diploma instead of “Univ of Chicago.”

Remind your son that NO ONE cares where you went to college after your second job. You hire the person who accomplished the most in their last position and is best suited for the open role, not the one whose years-ago diploma has the more prestigious name (and Univ of Chicago is plenty prestigious. It’s students have a reputation for being among the most hard-working. That’s not the rep for Stanford outside of STEM, btw.)

I disagree here. I agree U Chicago +80k is a better option than Stanford or Yale, but it sounds like the parents are trying to make the call if it’s worth it for them. If her son is graduating with no debt than clearly Stanford and Yale make more sense. In addition, it’s utter garbage to suggest where you go to school doesn’t matter after your second job. In the legal and business field every employer looks at it. Pedigree matters albeit less after your first and second job. But it is that pedigree that gets you the first and second job that then put you in a position to get better jobs down the road. This is why people pay to send their kids to prestigious schools in the first place. U Chicago is plenty prestigious of course. Also, where are you getting this reputation for Stanford? Everyone I know raves about Stanford’s reputations and the students who graduate from there just as they do about Ivy leaguers. Can you site any of your data on this?