<p>I used to think like that until I really thought about it and realized certain things.</p>
<p>Well you see, rather than choosing a school based on prestige, I want a school where I will be happy! I’m going to have to disagree with you about the shoe-in thing. Think about it, how many people who apply to Harvard actually are applying because it is a fit for them rather than for prestige? One can assume a portion(small or large) only care about prestige (as evidenced by this board. How many people have you see on “what are my chances?” that have said they fell in love with Harvard?). So now you have an extremely ambitious and intelligent group going to one school…of course they are bound to succeed! </p>
<p>I think you are forgetting about the people who succeed from UVA and Berkeley. My boss actually gave me some good stories of a person he hired from Harvard grad school who just couldn’t cut it in the real world and another kid who aced his SATs, went to Duke, and failed because he got drunk.</p>
<p>It really is what you make of your education…not where you go. I rather be happy that go to a stop school. I’ve worked too hard to be miserable in college.</p>