<p>“You guys are so deluded it’s incredible.”</p>
<p>Classy as always. </p>
<p>“The lifetime (business) connections you make attending Yale are easily worth $100,000.”</p>
<p>First of all, in this case, the difference is not $100,000, it is $180,000. Secondly, if you want to talk about lifetime, saving $180,000 over four years of college is not exactly $100,000 over a lifetime is it? In fact, it will likely amount to well over a million dollars over a lifetime. I am not sure any connection is worth that much. In fact, most would agree that networking is vastly overstated. Just because you know many successful individuals will not make you successful. As you will one day painfully find out, connections will not stick their necks out, or go out of their way, to help you. Most people save their precious few connections for themselves and their children/family. The are not about to blow a possible favor on some college acquaintance. As Trinity has demonstrated via data published by Ross and Yale respectively, Ross grads outearn Yale graduates significantly. It is safe to say that employment opportunities for Ross grads are fairly good, even compared to those of Yale grads.</p>
<p>“The abundance and quality of job offers that are avail to you as a Yale student simply don’t exist in Ann Arbor, period.”</p>
<p>Really? And are those extremely rare job offers that “do not exist in Ann Arbor” open to all Yale grads or only a select and lucky few? Care to name some of those firms that only recruit at Yale and not at Michigan? I have a list of all universities that recruit at Michigan (Ross and the CoE), but I am curious which firms recruit exclusively at Yale…and how many Yalies they actually hire.</p>
<p>“Yale undergrad is ranked 25 spots higher than Michigan’s undergrad for a very good reason.”</p>
<p>In academic circles, Yale undergrad is only considered 5-10 spots better than Michigan undergrad. A ranking must truly manipulate data to stretch it to 25 spots. And even if the ranking you are alluding to were accurate, in a country with thousands of universities, 25 spots is hardly significant.</p>
<p>“I’d be happy to post my acceptance letter from December.”</p>
<p>Congratulations! But I am confused about something. Clearly, you believe you can do much better than Michigan. If Michigan does not match your standards, and clearly money is no factor in your case, why waste your money there? Why not attend a university worthy of your talents? I think you will be miserable at Michigan.</p>