@cypresspat, I was not trying to say that GT is the be all end all. It isn’t. My son didn’t even apply. He avoided all schools that would be considered tech only like MIT, Caltech, etc. He wanted a more rounded experience. He chose one of the schools @Gator88NE mentioned, Cal Poly, and paid less than he would have at GT. The primary point I was trying to make was that I didn’t think Penn was worth $100,000 more than GT.
Now let’s consider the opinion of your client. We only know the schools we attend(ed) for the most part. in regularly conducted surveys across all majors roughly 80% say they were happy with their undergraduate school. That’s irrespective of where it fell on their list in the first place. That leaves 1in 5 who weren’t happy. The question is, are they “the grass is always greener” personalities? Do they only see what they missed without seeing the positives of what they gained. No school is without flaws. I once heard a student say that attending Berkeley was like going to school at the DMV.
I take the information as you did, as a single data point.