Does it matter where you go to college?

" A long-term study of 6,335 college graduates ...found that graduating from a college where entering students have higher SAT scores -- one marker of elite colleges -- didn't pay off in higher post-graduation income. Researchers found that students who applied to several elite schools but didn't attend them -- either because of rejection or by their own choice -- are more likely to earn high incomes later than students who actually attended elite schools." So...what to look for instead? "...the greater the opportunity for engagement and critical, creative and collaborative learning with faculty, peers and community, the more likely the chance for future success."   What You Do vs. Where You Go By Martha O'Connell The key to success in college and beyond has more to do with what a student does with their time during college than where they choose to attend.