Belmont University

College barbell: go top-20 brand-name or cheap state school, nothing between

Sam's rule for his future kids: either attend a top-20 brand-name university (Duke, Harvard) for the network, or a cheap state/community school for the experience - never pay ~$35-40K/year for a mid-tier private with no brand value.

“You have to either go to a Duke, a Harvard. You have to go to a top 20 university that has a brand name, or you have to go to community school or a cheap state school where you can get the experience and grow. Right. If you go to a Belmont University, that costs— I got a little bit of a scholarship and I also was lucky where I didn't have to take out debt. If you go to a school like I went to, that's like not even a top one. I don't even know if it's top 100. It's not good, right? It costs $35,000 or $40,000 a year.”

Steal thisPay only for a top-tier brand-name network or a cheap state-school experience - never the expensive mid-tier middle.