Does an Elite College Really Pay?

<p>Too late to read this article (<a href="http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/Departments/elearning/?article=elitecollege%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/Departments/elearning/?article=elitecollege&lt;/a&gt;) otherwise, UC would be 1st choice.</p>

<p>"If you live in a state with a premier public institution--a school such as UC Berkeley, the University of Virginia, or the University of Wisconsin--it's hard to justify going elsewhere, unless elsewhere is one of the very best private schools. Even then, in the view of Dan Black, you should pick your state school."</p>

<p>Yay! I should go to UW-Madison!</p>

<p>"If you are made of money, send your kid to the most selective school you possibly can. It can't hurt."</p>

<p>Or maybe not...</p>