The expensive ones are better. I have degrees from state schools and Ivy League schools. The state school was flat out better. And cheaper.
You can get just as good a degree, maybe better, from a reasonably priced school and not go thousands into debt.
To those who have been through college, how much would you say prestige and rankings matter?
That “smart and mature people go to college”.
No matter what college I attended, or what campus I visited and regardless of their Alma mater, there are a fair amount of fools on any campus and from any school, and an expected number of people still experiencing the growing pains of adulthood.
This isn’t to say they shouldn’t be proud of their academic accomplishments or happy about their career prospects. Rather, it is simply that they are by all means deficient in areas I think one ought to not be deficient in. Maturity, insightfulness, self-awareness, et cetera.
Scholarships are awarded more on “personal connections and influence” than on a candidate’s scholastic achievement or financial need.
That the friends you make there will be lifelong.