“Very good” …“worth it” …“never worth it” etc … are subjective. We need to be careful.
My friend’s daughter transferred out of Emory and into an OOS public. Emory is an outstanding school- why did she transfer? She felt that Emory had “too many” wealthy kids from NY/NJ and she wanted to escape that- she went to HS with those kids and was not interested in another 4 years. What does “too many” mean? I don’t know…
Emory was not “worth it” to her… despite being an excellent school.