“How good,” for what?
Roanoke is a perfectly respectable college, although not necessarily one with “uber prestige” or broad national recognition. Will a few of its graduates annually be admitted to the very best professional and graduate programs? Certainly. Will representatives from the most selective and lucrative iBanks and consulting firms recruit there? Probably not. All of which – and much more – begs a two key questions:
- Are your daughter's goals likely to be achieved through a Roanoke Bachelor's, especially if the undergraduate cost avoidances thereby achieved financially enable postgraduate school? Quite simply, if the answer to this question is affirmative, why wouldn't Roanoke attendance be sensible?
- While it's true many parents and students are obsessed with the ego-satisfaction of matriculation at a most-selective undergraduate school, an equally germane question is will your daughter's objectives and her life be substantially enhanced by attendance at x or y, instead of Roanoke? If that answer is no, why would you spend so much more?