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11 Post author: JonahSinick 15 March 2014 06:47PM

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Comment author: [deleted] 15 March 2014 07:20:47PM *  3 points [-]

Going to Harvard increases students' earning power (more than other top schools), for example, through better networking opportunities.

I don't know what's going on but due to this study, I have little faith in elite colleges to actually increase a student's earning power.

I remember someone on here saying that Harvard is actually cheaper for a middle-class family than many other schools due to financial aid. But I wonder how much that matters. It may be that the kind of college preparatory experiences that help a person be admitted to Harvard are disproportionately available to the wealthy, so that a strong bias remains.