<p>Everyone has the impression that academically rigorous (undergraduate) schools promote successful futures (Great job/career, social connections, etc). To what extent is this true? </p>
<p>What does the typical 29+ ACT school do for one’s future that most state schools cannot?</p>
<p>Honest advice please. Thanks for all your sincere help.</p>
<p>it might ultimately depend on what your goals are. Good schools provide you with opportunities that you might not get in a school that isn’t as good. this might be anything from access to internships, professors, and other resources that you wouldnt get in a school that isnt as good. they might also provide you with networking opportunities you might otherwise lack that might be essential (e.g. in the film industry)</p>
<p>also a good schools professors might subject their students to higher standards which is suffering for the students undergoing it but ultimately benefiial (e.g. i had a professor last quarter subject us to the same requirements as he does to graduate students – no sentences longer than 16 words.)</p>
<p>This topic already has been discussed quite a bit on CC.
The evidence for better financial returns from more selective schools is mixed.</p>
<p>[Social</a> Econ Blog: Estimating the Returns to Attending Selective Colleges](<a href=“http://ec970socialecon.blogspot.com/2006/03/estimating-returns-to-attending.html]Social”>Social Econ Blog: Estimating the Returns to Attending Selective Colleges)</p>