[quote=Essbee]I think that if your kid has aspirations to be in fields such as medicine, law, or Wall Street, he should go to the best school possible. Resumes really matter in these fields.

I’m in medicine and I have never met anyone who has come thru the community college route. I’m sure it could be done, but I think it’s much better to go to “at minimum” a UC school. Preferably an Ivy. I wouldn’t even recommend a CSU school, much less a community college.

Now maybe this is because Ivy/UC kids have better MCATs than CSU kids, and that if someone from a CSU got a 36+ on the MCAT, they could get into med school just as easily… but I wouldn’t want to risk it.

I’m sure I’ll get haters for this message but I’m simply telling you how it is.[/quote]

I am also medicine and I agree.
It matters very much where one goes to college. MCAT and USMLE evens the playing field a little but what school you went to makes a huge difference.
This is especially true if you want to be a specialist. It’s a struggle to get into these coveted spots and will easier to achieve this if you don’t have to fight the headwind.