I applied to all 8 Ivies. Because I had SATs (real ones) >1500, I had a shot. Because my HS average was 89.93, they all could figure out that I was lazy.
I went to Colgate, which (fortunately) was trying to raise their Princeton Review ranking, which as you know weights average freshman SAT score highly.
I had a blast at Colgate, which was not then co-ed, but no, that had nothing to do with what I did later.
My kids go to state schools. I think the whole thing is a scam.
I went to a state school too. Once you get into the "real world," no one cares where you went to school. Its all about how you perform.
it's the same for med school... got accepted "up north" but went to UT Southwestern in Dallas... had great MCAT's (the default answer was "B" that year)..plus a great tan... so I got a full ride. Dallas was great, Boston was a cold, gloomy rather dilapidated city.
The guys I know that went to Ivy League schools had incredible debt coming out, I ended up with $15,000 total debt when I graduated. The other thing is that they really didn't do as much clinically as we did in Parkland. In other words, I'm glad I stayed in Texas. I had to go up north for residency... and it permanently cured me of ever wanting to live in the Northeast....or north of the Red River.
You were not exactly slumming. Colgate is a very good school.
I think so too.