What Wilton said. I have some friends who will be in debt the rest of their lives because they are sending their daughter to Brown. Will she get a good education? Most likely. Will she develop connections that help her the rest of her life? Probably, but I doubt it, since neither she nor her family run in the rarified air that many of the other students and their families do.
I think they told us this year's tuition with be something north of $60k. Is it really worth it? I don't think so. Dan B.S., Magna cum Laude, University of South Florida, Class of 2007 On Dec 21, 2012, at 5:30 PM, WILTON wrote: > I've always said, too, "You can get a good education most anywhere; 'depends > on what you put into it." I worked my a$$ off at NC State, especially the > second time. I've never felt stupid or disadvantaged, either. > > Wilton > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rich Thomas" > <richthomas79td...@constructivity.net> > To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Sent: Friday, December 21, 2012 5:17 PM > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Anybody there? > > >> My wife spent a year at Hahvahd and tolerated it for what she needed/wanted >> to do. It is way overrated. Most undergrad classes are taught by grad >> students, and even a lot of grad classes. The main thing they put forth is >> that a shingle from there gives you some kind of cred, and if you work it >> well, some contacts for moving forward in the world. If you are half-smart >> you can get a good education/training anywhere, pretty much depends on what >> you put into it. I have a fair number of friends who went there, they are >> all pretty smart, but never felt like they got a really great deal from the >> experience. >> >> These days Hahvahd seems more interested in finding minority gay >> transgendered physically-challenged Englishasasecondlanguage dumpster-living >> orphaned kids of color (Spanish surname extra points). They manage to do >> that too, surprisingly enough. >> >> --R >> >> >> On 12/21/12 4:35 PM, Tim C wrote: >>> Rich recently made an insightful post to banned about the difference >>> between MIT and his undergrad experience, I'll forward it to you. I would >>> expect the difference between UNC and Ha!vard would be comparable. >>> >>> Best, >>> Tim >> >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
