Do people really attend these schools? I was looking at the cost of attendance at princeton just for the heck of it and it is around 50k per year! How the hell does anyone justify that cost?? I don't know, mabye im simple minded.

I guess i could start by spelling maybe correctly.

I think it is more for those that can afford to join the club instead of an educational institution. Even if you can afford it, you still may not get in. It depends on what your last name is.

What are the benefits of going to one of these schools anyway. I mean i could kind of justify an mba at lets say Univ of Texas but to **** money out like that for an education, Yikes. I would hope that a million dollar paycheck would be on the horizon if mommy and daddy dropped that kind of dough on an education.

It’s all of those rich guys taunting us. Money means nothing to them. They read the threads here and laugh. It is sick. They light their cigars with $100 bills.

if i got into an ivy league...i would go in an instant...but i would go with a gameplan and would try to juice every single peer and alumn i can get in touch with...afterall thats really what you are paying for...access to an elite group and a name brand.

personally i went to ucla which i like to think is a fairly decent education especially for a public institution...but i paid a tremendous amount less. ucla = great bang for your buck (i still cant believe that buck)

UCLA out of state tuition is $31,500 per year.

I dated a Chick,well I banged a Chick that went to Yale once..

She was a horrible piece of tail and talked too much...

wheel,

Lol

It's the network you have after school that pays off, and having that degree will open some doors obviously.

well 50 grand is the list retail price - most students dont' pay anywhere near that though.

The interest on the endowment at Harvard could safely pay the tuition, room, board and books for every student in the university and still have money left over every year.

If a student wants to attend an Ivy school, gets in and can't afford it, the school helps out a lot

out of state for ucla is 31500, but instate is far less...i think with room and board all things factored its at most 22-23k...and you get to live basically in beverly hills surroundings

Two thoughts: my younger daughter is at a large, well know private university in NY (think Orange) and the whole package on an annual basis is basically the same as the original poster quoted. So it's not just Ivy schools. Second, I did get my graduate degree from an Ivy, and I have to say that the education I received 30 years ago still pays dividends in my job to this day. Sure, some people think it dresses up a resume, but the lessons & practices I learned still endure. My two cents, anyway.

richokeefe is on the money!

Princeton's endowments allow all students to attend without a penny spent, if the school is so inclined.

It's an expensive "cover charge." 🙂

1. Author: jblessin Date: 02/03/2010 07:51 PM Reply

Do people really attend these schools? I was looking at the cost of attendance at princeton just for the heck of it and it is around 50k per year! How the hell does anyone justify that cost??

...What are the benefits of going to one of these schools anyway... Yikes. I would hope that a million dollar paycheck would be on the horizon if mommy and daddy dropped that kind of dough on an education.

Jblessin, attend, get a least marginal grades, & graduate from a so-called Ivy League school and you will be treated as a contemporary by the powers that be (society's elite) and guaranteed a nice income for the rest of your life.

Hey, I didn't say life was fair.

^

That's probably true.

However, I know a guy that [according to his resume] graduated from Harvard, **** Laude, that's been out of work, and looking for work, for pretty much 2 - 3 years now. He's had a few "contract" jobs here and there, but not much in the way of a full-time job.

We don't need no education.

We don't need no thought control.

Dave, everybody knows a horror story or two, but by & by imagine if he had graduated from a state/community college instead (not Penn State which I believe is considered Ivy League) or less. I suspect it would have been much harder for him.

Look at me, I mimicked Tommy Boy & spent the best 7-1/2 yrs of my life at Maryland.

My life has been a Grimm's fairy tale ever since. ) :

Agreed...about his situation potentially being worse.