"Why are you bankrupting yourself for college?"

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<p>I think a lot of CC readers find a lot to agree with in this article, titled [“Why</a> are you bankrupting yourself for college?”](<a href=“http://notes.ericjiang.com/posts/537]"Why”>Why are you bankrupting yourself for college? | Notes). Definitely worth a read around this time of year, when offers are coming in for students.</p>

<p>I’ve shared it with some people I know, and it would be interesting to see what people here have to say. Here’s an excerpt from it:</p>

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When you took a tour of Cool University, what did they show you? Student traditions, the interesting architecture of the new CyberBioTech School, and the fancy new computer labs/lounges/beanbag chairs… why were we going to college again?</p>

<p>Oh, right. You’re going for the world-class faculty and education. Let me tell you something. Schools like to keep around celebrity professors for that “fame” thing we discussed earlier. Half of those Nobel laureates probably have already retired after a long career of teaching undergrads. Oh wait, I mixed up the Nobel Prize with the Not-A-Prize for teaching excellence. The Nobel Prize is for research, and at any school that has “research” somewhere on its Wikipedia page, research is the main priority. Or rather, it’s a means to fame, like when your Facebook friends all reshare some HuffPo blarticle about the new Nano AI Laser Quadcopter Cancer Cure from the research labs of Cool University.</p>

<p>—[“Why</a> are you bankrupting yourself for college?”](<a href=“http://notes.ericjiang.com/posts/537]"Why”>Why are you bankrupting yourself for college? | Notes)

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