Valud point. If you start at Stanford this year, the estimated total cost for 4 years is $400K. I don't think anyone can overcome that in comparison to paying $100K at a state school.
Funny. My employer is very specific about colleges.
So much of this "go to a good school to get a good job" thing is depressing. It's all part of the trap and now the man is asking you to go into a lifetime of debt for the privilege of working for him too?!?!?! That's crazy! This is capitalism, baby!
It's ok to work for someone else, but don't forget your owner role too! A business is probably best, but for the less talented of the world (me), you should have stocks, real estate, intellectual property, notes, etc. In our wonderful system, it's that easy to go from being a cog in the machine to the owner's side!
I went to D2 because I didn't want to be the slowest guy on the team at a big D1 and the in-state mid-majors were worse academically than my D2 school where I got a full ride. I also was able to get into a good grad school and by going the D2 route, I was able to get 7 years of good (not great) education without paying a dime.
In my first XC season, we were a borderline top-10 D2 team and had a winning record against D1 schools including beating Mizzou, Kentucky, Mississippi State, Auburn, Vanderbilt, Miami, Georgia Tech, Tulsa, Chattanooga, and Arkansas State, as well as a ton of directional mid majors.
That was the good part. The bad part is most of that "success" was on the backs of 3-4 good foreign runners and when they moved on, the foreign runners we brought in to replace them were not nearly as fast and we sucked for a few years. The other bad part is I watched two D1 teams who had offered me a walk-on spot win a National Championship while our team didn't even make it to D2 Nats for a couple years.
I have probably hired over 500 people in my career in management and the truth is nobody cares where you went to college. I barely glance at the school name where they got their degree and everyone that I hire has at least a Master's degree. People will say this isn't true about med school, but have you ever asked any of your doctors where they went to med school? I know I haven't. Maybe law school matters, but even there I am skeptical. If I had to hire an attorney, I would want stats on how they actually do in the courtroom not where they went to school.
How many DII and DIII schools have a medical school and/or Law School?
"Why does D2 get so much hate on the boards?" I think I'd more likely call it disrespect than hate. One factor, no doubt, is that the great majority of D2 institutions are not considered academically strong...in fact, you could probably count the academically respected ones on your fingers, if not your thumbs. Ditto most NAIA schools, of course.
I have probably hired over 500 people in my career in management and the truth is nobody cares where you went to college. I barely glance at the school name where they got their degree and everyone that I hire has at least a Master's degree. People will say this isn't true about med school, but have you ever asked any of your doctors where they went to med school? I know I haven't. Maybe law school matters, but even there I am skeptical. If I had to hire an attorney, I would want stats on how they actually do in the courtroom not where they went to school.
How many DII and DIII schools have a medical school and/or Law School?
Even more so, who asks their doctor where they went to college