Elite College = Better future?

      After reading all of the 7 debates, I have yet chosen the most persuasive one to me. The one that was persuasive was Martha O'Connell What you do Vs. Where you go. O'Connell talks about the importance of what you do in college rather than where you do in college.

During the fall months at high school guidance counseling programs, juniors run to the stage to participate in an exercise to try and help them understand that it is not “where you go” that matters. 

Many people stress over their grade because they want to do to an elite college to be more successful and have a better future. With this economy right now, I don't think it really matters anymore if you do go to an elite college. Yes, people say that elite colleges will give you a better future after but isn't what you do in college matters the most not where you go? Like I said in previous discussions, It really depends on yourself when it comes to choosing colleges. Your major, what school, how far you want to live away from your parents, your future job, and much more. Some people are successful even if they don't go to a elite college, some people aren't successful after they went to a elite college. I thought it was always about elite colleges but I thought wrong. What you do in college matters more. That is the one that benefits you and your future not the college itself.

The “oohs” and “aahs” follow as the audience learns that Steven Spielberg, Steve Jobs and Bill Gates dropped out of college, that Oprah Winfrey is an alumna of Tennessee State and that Ken Burns graduated from Hampshire College. If even a few stressed students and their anxious parents benefit from this information, it is a worthwhile exercise.

By reading this quote it shows how many famous people from today when to state or college. Even though they did not go to an elite college, this show how much success they got from going to a non elite college. Many parents stress over what college they want their child to go to but if you read this debate then I sure hope they do understand that what matters is what you do in college. You can still be successful after college if you do or do not go to a elite college.