Why go to a top school?

jixani
Thu, 26 Aug 2010 12:39:57 +0000

This obviously depends on each applicant; I’d guess all the reasons you gave are valid to some degree or at least perceived to be valid.

My main reason to apply and go to the top places was that the top people in my subfield happened to be at Harvard, Stanford and Berkeley. That’s obviously different from field to field however, and you seem certainly on the right track.