[Leica] Harvard tuition

[don.dory at gmail.com (Don Dory)]

All,
Another perspective of why a highly selective school might be worth the
cost.  First, at the very least, your child will not be bored by easy work.
Competition from peers will keep the juices flowing.  Second, the other kids
at the school are at least as smart as your child so the cross pollination
of ideas is highly probable.  Third, some of the very best professors are at
the highly selective schools; sometimes those folks can open whole new
worlds of thinking.  Fourth, most of these schools are pretty small so
interactions with all classes is more probable, again, more opportunities to
widened horizons. (Exceptions would be Berkley, Michigan, etc.)

Now, if your child doesn't really care about learning or isn't excited by
new knowledge then you are left with the whole name thing.

Last, your child should attend an institution that fits their personal
psyche or no matter how good the school is they will have a terrible
experience.

Don
don.dory@gmail.com


On 8/31/06, Frank Filippone <red735i@earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> Different perspective...
>
> The reason you send your kid to Harvard, Princeton, etc. has nothing to do
> with education.  It has to do with the perceived value
> the prestigious name that excites companies into hiring those
> names.  There are some people that will only hire Harvard, MIT,
> Stanford, USC, and for that matter, UCLA, Berkeley, etc.  There is a major
> company that sends out recruiters only to certain
> schools.  All of which are fancy name and high tuition.   It is a
> perceived quality reference and, to be honest, a snob appeal
> thing.  It has nothing to do with the kid.
>
> Wear the "Ring", and you can get the job.  Be the brightest guy in your
> class at Podunk U, and your resume may never make it past
> the HR filing cabinet.
>
> The message?  The perceived value of "The Ring" is what you are
> buying.  Your kid gets better jobs, more pay, more promotions, and
> generally is more respected ONLY because he wears the ring.  The
> additional cost of education is offset within a few years.  Yes, it
> is expensive; Yes, it is controversial; Yes, it works.
>
> YMMV.
>
> Second different perspective......  I live in California.  Actually, we
> have few private schools.  Not like Mass, where private
> colleges are a dime a dozen ( in quantity).  The cost of going to the
> State Schools, when you take into account tuition, room and
> board, is around $5k to 15K less per year than private schools.  The kid
> gets out in 4 years rather than 5, 6 or more at State
> schools due to over enrollment ( sometimes referred to as "impacted").  Do
> the math and you may find that paying Harvard's 4 x $40K
> is not that much more than 6x $20K... and you get to " wear the Ring".
>
> Trade in your R-Whatever and your M-whatever system and get your kid "The
> Ring".  After all, you are a parent first.
>
> Lastly... Harvard has ( or had, it makes no difference) the worlds'
> largest endowment.  The income from that endowment is great
> enough that it would pay for the education of every Harvard graduate for 4
> years.  They do not need the money.  They charge for "the
> Ring".
>
> Frank Filippone
> red735i@earthlink.net
>
>
>
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