<p>This is the title on the cover of this week's Time Magazine.</p>
<p>Main ideas are:
-ive league colleges are merely elite-clubs reserved for the promotion of aristocracy (ie:5 generations of certain senator went to Princeton).
-Many brilliant students chose not to attend ive leagues but a smaller college where better scholarship and opportunities are offered. (for example, one student on the magazine chose to go to a college where she is offered to work in projects along with profesors; another was able to travel to more than 10 countries through a non-ive-league college)
-The best choice is to look for a college that fits rather than to attend a college for its fame.</p>
<p>i doubt you'll be saying that when interviewing for jobs...</p>
<p>yes, i agree with you, but don't underscore the excellence of Harvard, there is definitely a reason why it is the most coveted institution on the face of this earth. but, these days, college dropouts can make a million if they have a good idea.</p>
<p>Well, I'm just summarizing the article to see the CC people's opinion since it really struck me that ive leagues are seemingly "no longer" as valued....
I'm a rising senior, and it really concerns me how to choose college..
it's like... there is a tug-o-war within myself bewteen going to a globally distinguished college or attending a not-so-grand college~ ^^""</p>
<p>of course you shouldn't choose a college based on its name, but i think that's an irrelevant and weightless argument as a college's "name" is entirely based on its quality. harvard isn't just a name or brand, it is a quality institution.</p>
<p>It's encouraging to me in a way since I'm attending Louisiana Tech for BME (which they are great for, but don't get proper credit) instead of a big name school. I'm very confident that I could have gotten into one, but I didn't see the point...it's just nice to have that decision backed up.</p>
<p>"of course you shouldn't choose a college based on its name, but i think that's an irrelevant and weightless argument as a college's "name" is entirely based on its quality. harvard isn't just a name or brand, it is a quality institution."</p>
<p>No, its "name" is the perception of its quality in the mind of the general public. It's "quality" is its actual value to students regardless of what the public thinks. These two things may be related, but not necessarily. And they definitely aren't the same thing.</p>
<p>Harvard may or may not be a quality institution, but this quality has nothing to do with its "name" (beyond the potential privilege of being able to drop it at job interviews).</p>
<p>Of course you can be successful anywhere, but you have to work harder and seek out opportunities. At these prestigious schools listed, opportunities are just handed to you. Success is facilitated. Not only that but prestige means a lot. Many of the most prized internships at say UBS, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, or health at Mayo Clinic are dominated by just 10-12 schools. Most top business schools are flooded with the same students. Its not impossible to see someone at HBS from Arizona State if they worked hard and built an impressive resume, but most likely they will be the only one from ASU.</p>