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FBaggins

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2. More than that

Reply to Nay (Reply #1)

Thu May 2, 2013, 10:00 AM

May 2013

There's no easy way to break out from that statistic just how much of the increase can actually be atributed to the school.

People who can get accepted to top schools are also far more likely to be the types of people who would be more sucessfull without that particular school (or perhaps any school at all).

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The ROI of college: Is going to an expensive school worth it? [View all] n2doc May 2013 OP

It would be hard to tease out of these statistics how much two other factors involved in Nay May 2013 #1

More than that FBaggins May 2013 #2

Oh, very true. It's not like these schools take just anybody. You do have to be uber smart, Nay May 2013 #3