<p>This is a really interesting topic and I think I’m going to throw my name into the gautlet on this one. Say all of this is true with what Purduefrank is saying. Why go to the top 10 school then? I would say that a majority of people on this forum who went to a top 10 school came from OOS and are paying an OOS tuition. Why not instead head to your stateU’s engineering program that might only be a top 30 school as apposed to a top 10 school. You have a better chance of graduating without debt and more then likely standarts will be lower bettering your chances of passing instead of failing. You still have a great shot at getting a solid job in your field from a top 30 school. Is it not better to get the degree even if its not from GT or Purdue as a apposed to getting in debt, getting weeded out when you potentionally could have been very good at what you were studying and instead become a history major with no direction and mounds of bills lining up your dorm room? A very extreme scenario but one that could apply in some sense to many students. In the end does it come down to rolling the dice on your future. Yah you could be at the top of your class at GT, but the chances are a lot better that it would happen at your State U.</p>