<p>Bennie -
"I have to confess I am a little susceptible to the prestige factor, though I know my children could receive first-rate educations at public Us like UW-Madison or UMich. "
The Harvard name does have enormous cache, perhaps more for our generation than our children’s. However, when my son was looking Harvard also had Larry Summers - so off went Harvard from his long list. </p>
<p>It sounds like D2 will come up with a good list to fit her needs if the pretense part is obvious to her. Hope that you enjoy the process with this one, too!</p>