Elite Colleges

     Whats the best choice of college? The elite ones or the average ones? Its really our own decisions to answer this question. After reading through the many responses, it was surprising that each response persuades a different idea. The one I found most persuasive is: What You Do vs. Where You Go by Martha (Marty) O'Connell. Shes states that a student's decision of what they will accomplish in their time during college contributes to their success in college and beyond: 

"The key to success in college and beyond has more to do with what students do with their time during college than where they choose to attend." (Par. 4)

     This phrase proves and interesting point. She is saying that it is not where you choose to go to college that matters, but the effort that you have contributed in your work. Even though this other person might have choose to attend a elite college, but they did not contribute their best effort. This doesn't mean that they will get hired just because they went to an elite college. Companies mostly hire the person with the most experience and someone who really tries their best. She proves a point that hard work is the answer to success. She says that when people hire you, they look beneath your cover and don't judge you by the college that you attend. This was also a persuasive piece because she supports her point with cited evidence.

     The respond that I found least persuasive is: Skip the Admissions Game by Kevin Carey. He provide some points about how rich people should attend an elite college to their advantage and that the poor should look for an alternative rather than going to an elite college:

"If you're among the small handful of students who have stellar SAT scores and parents with several hundred thousand dollars to spend, you should seriously consider going to an elite college or university." (Par. 1)

     This point is not so persuasive because he is letting the rich know that it is a best choice to attend an elite college. He is saying that if you are rich, you will be able to do anything and the poor have to stick to the less costly colleges. His points are that an elite college is the best and the non-elite ones are okay. This phrase makes his response unpersuasive because poor people can also find their way to attend an elite college by scholarship. There is no precise answer that all rich people should attend elite colleges. I think that we should separate the difference of being rich and poor, and that we should not use our status to determine the best college for us. Even though this part was not persuasive, there are some parts in his response that was persuasive.