Depending on one’s profession, it matters where you go. We all know that who you know is vital in certain areas.
Agree, but that’s maybe the top 5%. If you are self-aware enough to know you’re not in that group, your choice of school just opened wide. A reasonably smart kid could get a four year degree in under a year with little or no student loan debt. Ted Cruz wouldn’t be Ted Cruz without Princeton and Harvard Law, but how many kids are in that league?