How the hell do people cope with going to one of innumerable

>>8513250
> The degrees are like dunce caps

You know how on /fit/, some people develop body dysmorphia and start saying ridiculous things because of their extremely skewed perspective?

>>8513250
Science is built piece by piece. Groundwork is often done by those "shit" universities and then the final, more abstract pieces are put into place by the top tiers.

Not everyone can be the best. We need average workers, too. A Ph.D. in EE from MIT isn't going to be satisfied maintaining a power plant but a bsce in EE from state university will be.


You're welcome, faggot.

>>8513250
It's 2016 and all information is freely available on the internet. There's no advantage from a geographically centralized building of learning, no matter how "prestigious" it is. All knowledge is the same and expensive/competitive unis only exist for the purpose of perpetuating this elitist classist system we all are unfortunately forced to live in.

Fuck off OP you conceited ass. Science has no use for you.

>>8513250
It is possible for these schools to have a good reputation locally, and they serve many first time college students. In a state like California even the smarter students will not all be accepted to the two main UC campuses. Now if you want to be hired by JP Morgan fresh out of college then go to Yale, but if you want to work for your local government then a good local school is fine.

I myself am a first gen college student who attended CS Northridge and then Michigan for grad school.

>>8513250
The students of these schools value the "college experience" more than college itself. They just want to move out of their parent's house, drink, party and sleep around for 4 years. These aren't the kinds of people dreaming of Wall Street or Silicon Valley, but their uncle's HVAC company or the dildo manufacturer one town over.

>>8514047
this is my dad