Re:America Lets Too Much Young Talent Go to Waste
by war1025 on Wednesday February 06, 2019 @02:35PM
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The obsession over elite schools makes even less sense if you frame it in terms of where these people are coming from.
If you had the wherewithal to do well at a lousy high school, you'll be just as able to make something of yourself at a mid-grade university.
Elite universities are important if you want to be in the "elite" clique. If you just want to make a better life for yourself, any old university will get you pretty far. One close to home will likely be a lot more relatable culturally as well. Not everyone wants to uproot their identity and go be someone else somewhere else.
If you had the wherewithal to do well at a lousy high school, you'll be just as able to make something of yourself at a mid-grade university.
Elite universities are important if you want to be in the "elite" clique. If you just want to make a better life for yourself, any old university will get you pretty far. One close to home will likely be a lot more relatable culturally as well. Not everyone wants to uproot their identity and go be someone else somewhere else.