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

Reply to FBaggins (Reply #2)

Thu May 2, 2013, 11:20 AM

May 2013

and to act as if lesser-rated schools have the same quality of students as a top-rated school is a big stumbling block to these statistics. Maybe the gist of the piece is aimed toward the students who COULD have a shot at being accepting into top schools; this gives them a reason to justify the cost. If they can get in, it will be worth it.

But that brings me to my points--if we compare the success rates of similarly-rated students, one group who attended a top school and one group who did not (for reasons unrelated to their intelligence, drive, or personality, we could maybe separate out the reasons why the top schools deliver.

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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