<p>I say a prestigious is well worth its money if you can make lifelong friends who are at that level.</p>
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<p>Please explain.</p>
<p>Because most people lack self esteem and need others’ approval to validate their achievements. </p>
<p>As to the power aspect of it; the most quenching power comes from domination over yourself, not others.</p>
<p>b/c college is special and you want to be able to say I went to so and so.
Also, you want some validation of the work done in HS
Add to this the ability to network and be exposed to excellent faculty and programs
Also you want to have chosen this place and you love it b/c you got what you wanted
Finally you need the word Accepted to validate your psychological insecurity</p>
<p>shallow but true. :]</p>
<p>People are obsessed with prestige because it comes with the perception of a successful life to come for young students, at least materially. And more often than not, this is the case. People can argue to death why this is so–but it does not gainsay the fact that those with prestigious educations disproportionately populate the echelons of the rich, powerful, and famous.</p>
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You might notice that MIT is not part of the Ivy League. And I’d bet most of the Ivy kids standing by had no idea what the MIT kids were talking about either… while Yakyu and his friends could easily chime in: “We just solved this problem in our lab. Let me tell you how we did it…”</p>