<p>I would take 4 years at a state school no doubt if I was in the honors college.</p>
<p>what i consider good schools (not overrated): UCB, UCSD, CMU, U of Chi, Reed College, Upenn, Wesleyan, MIT, Caltech, UMich, NYU, Rice, Cornell, PRinceton, Swarthmore, Wash U St Louis, UNC</p>
<p>egs of good schools which are overrated: Columbia, Stanford, UTA, Harvard, Yale, Brown, Emory, UCLA, USC, UVA</p>
<p>i would rather spend 5 yrs at Ivy League and do a double or triple major.</p>
<p>“four years at a state school because im going to medical school and undergrad school has little significance to me and there is no need to go to school for an extra year NO MATTER what… for me that is.”</p>
<p>Omg Pinkstuffz, you competely read my mind! that is exactly the reason why I would choose 4 years at a state school instead of 5 years at an ivy league, even if the 5th year was free!</p>
<p>If you want an unbiased answer, you picked the wrong place. People who post on this forum are the kind of people who have the perfect SAT, 5.0 gpa, and have amazing extracurriculars like helping build a house in a third-world country for a family or something. It’s not a full representation of all the college-prone students entering the college admissions process.</p>
<p>“University of California, Los Angeles? Isn’t that a state school? Euuughhhhhh!”</p>
<p>-Typical CC poster</p>
<p>This is weird, because the opposite scenario seems more likely. It would cost $80,000-ish for four years at a public school or $260,000 for five years at an ivy league–how are those two things comparable?</p>
<p>It’s usually the other way around. Many students who go to state schools end up going for 5+ years because not able to get into required courses, whereas there is no such problem at a well funded private school. Ivys have higher graduation rate than state schools. When people do cost/benefit analysis, this factor often comes into play - a private school may cost more per year basis, but it may cost less when you take total cost and opportunity loss into consideration.</p>
<p>You know you’re on CC when people are calling tier 1 public schools like Maryland and Penn State “bad” because they’re - GASP - state schools.</p>
<p>Pull up a notable alumni list for any of the tier 1 publics and the rabid “ONLY HARVARD IS GOOD ENOUGH!!!” CCers will see just how wrong they are. Except they probably won’t, now that I think about it.</p>
<p>^ this is very true.
prestige whores don’t care for reality.</p>
<p>I agree lb801. </p>
<p>I have noticed a lot of snobbery here on CC when it comes to state universities and community colleges. I got accepted at George Washington University (a very prestigious school), but I chose my in-state university because it was over $30,000/year cheaper, and I would graduate with minimal debt. I am going to be taking a couple of courses (10 credit hours) at a community college, and I have no qualms about it, especially since it is costing only $79/credit hour.</p>
<p>Completely agree with lb807.</p>
<p>On time on time on time on time. But maybe that opinion will change ~sophomore/junior year in college.</p>