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1. It would be hard to tease out of these statistics how much two other factors involved in

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Thu May 2, 2013, 10:43 AM

May 2013

attending a prestigious school:

1. The prestige factor itself, and

2. the opportunity for students at prestigious schools to network with rich/prestigious/connected students and their families, and secure a good job from simply associating with well-connected people.

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The ROI of college: Is going to an expensive school worth it? [View all] n2doc May 2013 OP

It would be hard to tease out of these statistics how much two other factors involved in Nay May 2013 #1

More than that FBaggins May 2013 #2

Oh, very true. It's not like these schools take just anybody. You do have to be uber smart, Nay May 2013 #3