The education you gain at most colleges is not that different. Most of the books used are the same, sure your teacher may be one of the writers of the book and perhaps have a bit of a better understanding but you have just as much opportunity to learn at any college.

The key to going to a college like Harvard or any ivy league school is that your roomate, the guy sitting next to you in class or the people you meet at various events are the children of senators, CEOs, bank presidents, etc.

And when you are out on your own, starting a business...you start thinking about bringing in people you trust, people who you know what their talents are, people who have seen you passed out on top of a dead hooker at 4AM and have never breathed a word to anyone. Your college buddies. That is why you go to Harvard.

That is why the current project I am working on which costs billions of dollars which was commissioned by a General was handed over to the VP of my company who just happened to be that General's college roomate.