The Elite College Myth! In the Long Run Does Harvard & Peers Provide Better Opportunities than Other Schools? Should Seniors Applying for College & Parents Think Infinite Instead of Finite?

The Best Paragraph I've Read:"Think of it this way. All college graduates enter acareer lottery for a chance at landing in the top 1% of earners. Recent research has found that graduates of top-ranked schools like Harvard or Stanford are 60% more likely to hit that jackpot. Essentially, they get two tickets in the lottery while graduates of public flagship universities get one. But even with that extra ticket, the vast majority of elite-college graduates aren’t winning the lottery either. Attending an IvyLeague university does open doors, but it’s not the guarantee of extraordinary success that parents seem to think. Nor does attending a different school preclude you from achieving great things."This paragraph comes from the Wall Street Journal. The article is titled: "The Elite College Myth." The author is Jeffrey Selingo. You can read the full article here.Zac & Don discuss the merits of the Elite College Myth argument. They discuss the data that shows most college grads can end up the same when it comes to long term earnings. They discuss happiness when deciding upon a college and whether people will adjust how they see the high stakes admission process.