My favorite response was "What You Do vs. What You Do" by Martha O'Connell. Her response post was really convincing in my opinion. She wrote saying that it does not matter where you go to college or university, or if that college or university is elite or not. She discusses that why matters is one's ambition for education. I agree with that. I think that if someone who really wants to succeed and get ahead in life can by going to any school. Success is something mental, if you want it, you get it. At least that is what I think and that's what i think O'Connell thinks. I think that the idea of people who attend elite schoolshave more chances of having a better future is partly true, but it does not apply to everyone who goes to elite schools. The people who have the money have it easy. One thing is having the money, and other thing is actually learning. I do agree that if you lean a lot from an elite school, you will probably have higher chances of having a "better" life than any other person who attended a non-elite school. The other thing is defining "better life". People think different ways, some similarly, and some conpletely different. Better can just mean a simple life, or it can mean lots of money, business, etc. So that means that it doesn't matter how much money they will be making in the future (some people). It all depends on who it is and what they like to study, and how much effort they put on their studies. People should have that mentality to succeed so that in the future they really do succeed.
My least favorite was "Skip to the Admissions Game" by Kevin Carey. I thought everything he said was crap. It's was all about how only the people who go to elite schools succed and people who go to cheaper schools get bad education. I thought he only cared about the rich. There are lots of people that can't afford going to such expensive schools and that they have no chose but to go to cheaper ones. I think that if they really work hard, Thayer can succeed.
Nice! To make it better, you should define what you mean by success. It does not say much in your piece because you allude that it means money. Be more direct on what you define some terms and others will understand your point.
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