101 reasons NOT to attend a top university.

College Search & Selection
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<p>Well I know that there are probably little, if any, reasons to not to, but thought I would give it a try.</p>

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<li>Cost</li>
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2

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<li>Better for your major (like Purdue vs. Yale for engineering)</li>
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3

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<li> You want a school with big time athletics (Big Ten, SEC, etc. vs. Ivy League)</li>
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4

<p>you didnt get in! LOL</p>

5

<p>You don’t want to go to one of the top schools.</p>

6

<p>“fit” vs “dream”. It’s everyone’s “dream” school, not mine :)</p>

7

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<li><p>Phony intellectualism</p></li>
<li><p>Stuck up rich kids</p></li>
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8

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<li>Getting laid</li>
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9

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<li>Saving up the big bucks for graduate school</li>
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10

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<li>Having a social life</li>
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11

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<li><p>Princeton engineering (You cant use selective comparisons. For instance, Purdue vs. Yale for MBA school)</p></li>
<li><p>They are smart, or they wouldnt have gotten in (minus the occasional student, but there always exceptions)</p></li>
<li><p>Not every kid who goes to a top school is stuck up and/or rich, quit using stereotypes. Cause you could easily say that all kids who go to community colleges are poor and stupid - thats a stereotype that is clearly untrue</p></li>
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12

<p>Outrageous expectations by employers once you graduate and the resulting “disappointment” when they realize you aren’t any smarter than anyone else in the office.</p>

13

<p>don’t want your college experience to be mostly work. sorry. i apologize. i know i should expect a person who is 18-22 to want to really get in there and read 12 books a week and produce research and maintain a 4.0 while freezing 10 months out of the year in a sunless, cloudy hole but…on second thought no thanks.</p>

14

<p>^ thats #9</p>

<p>and I wasn’t talking about the kids for #4. I had a friend that sent me a lecture he sat in on when he was visiting Dartmouth and there was this guy lecturing for 30 minutes on “Epocs of religious studies in eduction” and “The meaning of life’s place in the intellectual world”. The 30 minute lecture could have been said in 4 words “Do what you like.” Based on that and a few other experience I don’t think teachers at Ivies say anything that Teachers at great public schools don’t say, they just say it in a more eloquent way, that I think wastes time. </p>

<p>and #5 obviously that’s a broad reaching stereotype, but You’ll find more Stuck up rich kids that are just there cause their parents sent them at say Harvard than at Ohio State.</p>

15

<p>The cost may not be a factor. It may even be cheaper for many students after aid.</p>

16

<p>ZERO reasons!</p>

17

<h1>10 You have unfortunate circumstances and you don’t live close enough to a top university. (Assuming your parents won’t let you go across the country)</h1>

18

<p>To the poster that said cost may not be a factor, yes these schools do give out great aid, but not all the students that are accepted can gain the amount of aid that they need.</p>

19

<p>LOL at the getting laid reason.:)</p>

20

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<li>You don’t want to deal with six-month winters</li>
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<p>(Obviously there are exceptions, but the majority of top schools are in the Northeast)</p>