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Fortunately the US has a plethora of excellent colleges. For that reason, the social aspect can be every bit as important as academics. </p>
<p>Given the tremendous variety among the top colleges, why NOT select colleges that fit? It’s perfectly reasonable to select Vanderbilt over Columbia or Tufts over Dartmouth.</p>
<p>Saying that everyone should go to the “best” college is like trying to encourage everyone to study engineering regardless of interest because it’s the “best” career field. I mean, why study anything else when engineering is lucrative? Just “deal with it,” right? :rolleyes:</p>
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Oh, please. Most people can’t name more than a handful of the Ivies. The majority of people think Stanford, MIT, etc. are Ivies and haven’t even heard of Dartmouth or Brown.</p>