Elite Colleges

Newsflash: elite colleges are not the only ticket to success. Today, high school students place so much time and unnecessary stress on the acceptance into the most top-notch colleges in the nation, that they overlook any other plausible possibilities. These colleges, which leave many students and their families drowning in debt, are increasingly becoming progressively difficult to get into. While an innumerable amount of high school students believe that attending these prestigious schools will allow them to have a more prosperous future, a school’s prestige ranking does not influence their success in life. Moreover, the major you choose affects your capability for a more prosperous future than the school you attend. Not only does attending elite colleges not guarantee success for the future, but one’s major also matters more than the school you go to. My point is not that elite schools are totally overrated, but that there is no point to go to one of these schools if there is absolutely no benefit. Families might be wasting …show more content…
Any college is good, and it depends on the person to be determined and follow their passion. It is true that top colleges might provide students with more elite connections and resources, but what matters most the grit and hard work of the student. After all, the best students can thrive at any types of school. Besides, the attributes that make you more competitive for admission to the top schools matters more than the school you end up going to. Selingo from The Washington Post states that “many recruiters tell him they are much more focused on the experience of a candidate than where they went to school. (Seligo n. pag.)” What Seligo is saying here is that the school you go to does not trump the accomplishments on your resume for most of the time. Students put so much pressure on themselves to get admitted to a selective schools, which could result in unintended