[vmception]

MIT.

You are being objective about the cost dilemma, and attending the school is really more about what you make of it, there is no guarantee of any kind of compensation benefit after graduating, BUT if you remain as objective (and unencumbered) in your 20s as you are at 18 right now, you will be fine in the money-making sector.

Ivy League-adjacent schools are not the same as other schools, when it comes to both perception and access to the upper echelon of society.

If you were talking about state schools and Tier 1, 2 3 schools or even community college, then I would say just go to the one thats free. Because all you need is the paper that said you went there, or the database entry when some journalist checks 25 years from now. The education and networking benefit differences are nonexistent.

But with Ivy League-adjacent schools, its very different. This is a totally different America and world.