Today we
learned about the several advantages and disadvantages of attending an Ivy
League university. While there is great
name recognition for the Ivy League schools, we learned today that name
recognition is not always worth the thousands of dollars the Ivy League school
are charging. If a student has the funds to afford the
college, then by all means he should attend an Ivy League school if possible. However, for those whose parents are unable
to pay for the full ride of these expensive universities, it is better to go to
a slightly less prestigious college.
According to the articles we read in class, what university you attend
to matters less than the fact that you attend college. The line between a top-notch universities and
second tier schools has blurred; the less prestigious, but also less expensive
second and third tier schools often offer just as valuable education. It is better for a student to graduate from a
less well-known college without student debt, than have gone to a school such
as Harvard but have thousands of dollars of student loans. After reading the articles, we found out that
graduates from Ivy League schools and less known schools had approximately the
same average income later in life. It is
the student, not the college, which determines how successful that person will
be in life. After discussing this topic
with my parents, they whole-heartedly agreed.
And it is for these reasons why they decided not to pay full ride for college. We read an article that described how people whose
college is fully paid for tend to earn lower grades. It is because for those people who how fewer funds,
that they tend to value money, and their college education more than those who
have everything given to them.
College
students whose parents foot more of bill for college get lower GPAs:
The
Disadvantages of an Elite Education:
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