I am new here but I have a question I ask sincerely and with good intent.
There seems to me to be a severe culture on CC which criticizes people for wanting prestigious or private college educations. An example is the quote below, from another thread (poster name withheld).
Maybe you would need a 5 at an Ivy, but a nursing degree from an Ivy is a waste.
- If it is a college you are proud to go to, and love, why is it a waste?
- Why isn't the value of a high-demand education its own reward?
- Why should this critical developmental life decision -- which has social and interpersonal effects which quite possibly outstrip the professional ones -- be decided with a spreadsheet like calculating ROIs on Municipal Bonds?
- And more importantly, why do posters feel so entitled to tell people things like "it's a waste"?
A recent thread where a student asked why he shouldn't enroll at MIT when he could go to UCSB for $160K less, people were very adamant that "you won't make $160K more in your career with the MIT degree" (paraphrased). Let's forget the fact that they have no idea if that is true, nor do they have data supporting it... Why would that MATTER?
It's turning me off this otherwise incredible source of information.
For the record, I am not talking about threads where people state they can't afford to pay for one they want. Those are different (and heartbreaking) circumstances and I understand that.
Sorry, I'll hop off the soapbox myself now ;-)
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