View Single Post Old 11-14-2012, 10:51 AM   #104 Registered User
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dreamdrivedrift A lot of you are emphasizing the importance of
college as a series of classes rather than the entire experience
of college. What is most important as some of you have stated,
is how one chooses his course through college. Obviously,
partying all day/night is one way to go, but there are certain
institutions that this is more likely to happen and certain
institutions that you can more easily build a highly-
motivated/dedicated friend group. A difference in environments
goes a long way into shaping individuals.  Secondly, I can say
that I have a bunch of friends doing Harvard/Stanford/MIT/etc
JD/PhD/MD, and that I'm certain it would have been harder to
find friends of "this caliber" had I gone to a state school. Of
course, it takes a certain type of person to appreciate this
value, though this appreciation is so