Evidence suggests that an “elite” education amounts for nothing but wasted money – certain fields of practice are already catching on to this fact, though others still seem to be unable to avoid being sucked in by pretentious “prestige.”

For example, graduates from architecture departments at “elite” universities are not considered highly, and this is reflected in their performance and success rates in the professional world, having a much lower ratio of permanently employed graduates, and graduates who have secured a career for longer than one years after graduating. Many employers also indicate that employees from these “elite” schools have disproportionately substandard performance levels. I cannot say why this is – perhaps the result of an exaggerated work ethic, or an arrogant assumption by graduates who believe that they are entitled to something extra upon graduation.