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why do you need to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars in tuition to be a doctor when you can pay less than that by attending a state university ?

At some schools, it's not just the education, it's the networking that is a goal. It doesn't matter where you go for many of the jobs out there today, but it is very difficult to penetrate certain circles of society unless you have the right connections. I can't see where transferring to a "pedigree" school would pay off just for the education unless there was a chance to build relationships with the other students.

I can't see where transferring to a "pedigree" school would pay off just for the education unless there was a chance to build relationships with the other students.

Aren't we over-hyping this "connection" thing ?

Any college you go to gives you the opportunity to network with other people. I highly doubt that going to Harvard automatically gives you the chance to be close friends with a Kennedy or a Bill Gates.

I looked at the names of numerous CEO's at large and small companies in the USA and there is not "rule" that says that most of them are Ivy League grads. In fact, a significant number of them are graduates of state universities and small colleges.

I think the question to ask is this -- how much is this "connection" worth ? Is it worth $50,000 a year for 4 years ? Or can you get something similar for much less than that ?