<p>WOOT..first post and first edit</p>
<p>Id take MIT.....in the blink of an eye....a million dollars isnt even a fraction of the kind of fun i will have at MIT....oh the beautiful concept of potential utility</p>
<p>pragmatism may require taking the million bucks but i guess id value 4 great years with great people better than a million..just my 2 cents</p>
<p>1 mil easily whoever doesn't pick that i'm sorry but u MUST b on crack</p>
<p>Anyone who doesn't take the million needs to take a hard look at their priorities.</p>
<p>I'd take the one million dollars, because I'm already into my dream school. I can have both! =D</p>
<p>A million dollars really isn't as much as you think...</p>
<p>an ivy education isn't worth THAT much mroe than a good public school if you think about it...anyone who tells me that a #1 school is worth a MILLION dollars more than a #20 school is delluding themself, the real world doesn't evaluate you just off of your school, it matters what you do in the real world. And once again this is even just undergrad, if you're planning on getting an MBA do you think anyone could give a **** where you got your undergrad from?</p>
<p>no a million dollars will not have you set for life, but neither will an ivy education. You're essentailly saying that the school is worth 290K A YEAR, and if you truly believe that then you need to have your priorities examined.</p>
<p>The Top School.</p>
<p>One million dollars is not what it used to be. Also -- money means nothing when your dead. Conversely, the memories, aesthetics, friendships, and intellectual spirit of your top school can make your life fufilling to the ultimate degree.</p>
<p>brace yourself New Haven, feel the wrath of the westside. In other words, screw the 1 mil. I also agree that 1 mil aint wat it used to be. Anyone willing to make a count of who voted for what?</p>
<p>I have a feeling in the real world you'd be hardpressed to find people to turn down the million, but CC is obviously an exception to the real world.</p>
<p>we all have our priorities. It doesn't matter what others think, this is a personal decision.</p>
<p>Wrath of god64: "Westside"= the political Left?</p>
<p>no, the geographic left.</p>
<p>one million.</p>
<p>43-23 for the million.</p>
<p>are you people seriously naive??? "a million dollars ain't what it used to be"</p>
<p>hahahahaahaha</p>
<p>a million dollars is a lot of money... many NFL players don't make that in a year... they're PRO athletes (random example I know)</p>
<p>poitn is, a million is plenty of money to use to make more money through investing and good planning....
ya gottta take the money and use it to build your financial wealth... "dream" school is overrated... you'll love pretty much any school you go to</p>
<p>i'll take the million, thank you very much. then i can buy my way into my dream school =P</p>
<p>although, there might be a problem with that considering that i don't really have a dream school. i'll be happy wherever.</p>
<p>45-23, let's keep the tally running.</p>
<p>If you wouldn't take the million, see a psychiatrist.</p>
<p>I want the dream college but only because my dream college is one where i know i'll have 4 years or more of an extraordinary experience that will define the rest of my life and satisfy most of my life aspirations...if i could buy that for a million dollars i would....since the choices are mutually exclusive here i'll go for the dream college. Some people dont define life by the amount of cash they earn but by the satisfaction the journey gives.</p>
<p>i think maybe the question can be phrased like this instead, If you got into a state school and your dream school, would you give up admission to your dream school for a million dolllars, and go to the state school (your safety, and without abilities to transfer). (also given that money is not a problem for you currently)</p>
<p>I'd rather go to my dream school if that is the case. yes, $1 mil does look attractive, but it would be happier for me to go to my 'dream' school and then later on in life, im sure i can earn tht amount of money back, not because i went to my dream school, simply because im confident that i will have the ability to.</p>