What is with the obsession with Ivies?

[Anonymous]

What is with the obsession with Ivies? I get it if it's your alma matre, but if it's not, why are people so obsessed. I went to a never heard of public university. I work with Harvard grads, MIT grads, UMD, UVA, and some schools no one has ever heard of (like mine). My boss went to Gearge Mason. He manages Harvard grads. We all make over $200K/year. I'm not alone. My husband whent to an Ivy (and doesn't care if our kids go to one or not). He is managed by a UMich grad. He works with people who went to all sorts of colleges. He also makes well over $200K/yr. Shouldn't college be about fit and what you can afford (I graduated with no debt). Why are people obsessed with sending their kids to an Ivy, or heck in this area UVa (which is a weird local obsession)?

[Anonymous]

bragging rights worth 250k

[Anonymous]

UMC fear of downward mobility combined with very little actual knowledge about various universities and very little respect for or understanding of education.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What is with the obsession with Ivies? I get it if it's your alma matre, but if it's not, why are people so obsessed. I went to a never heard of public university. I work with Harvard grads, MIT grads, UMD, UVA, and some schools no one has ever heard of (like mine). My boss went to Gearge Mason. He manages Harvard grads. We all make over $200K/year. I'm not alone. My husband whent to an Ivy (and doesn't care if our kids go to one or not). He is managed by a UMich grad. He works with people who went to all sorts of colleges. He also makes well over $200K/yr. Shouldn't college be about fit and what you can afford (I graduated with no debt). Why are people obsessed with sending their kids to an Ivy, or heck in this area UVa (which is a weird local obsession)?

Same. I manage people from elite schools but went to a very accessible state school. I will not recommend that my children try to go for an Ivy or even a fancy elite school. Hell, if they go to community college and then transfer to UMD I will high five them for figuring out the easy/cheap way to obtain the same outcomes.

[Anonymous]

20 years ago - yes. Nowadays to get a leg up for your kids, elite colleges is the path.

[Anonymous]

Because it’s DCUM and all anyone cares about is what other people think.

—highly successful SEC grad

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What is with the obsession with Ivies? I get it if it's your alma matre, but if it's not, why are people so obsessed. I went to a never heard of public university. I work with Harvard grads, MIT grads, UMD, UVA, and some schools no one has ever heard of (like mine). My boss went to Gearge Mason. He manages Harvard grads. We all make over $200K/year. I'm not alone. My husband whent to an Ivy (and doesn't care if our kids go to one or not). He is managed by a UMich grad. He works with people who went to all sorts of colleges. He also makes well over $200K/yr. Shouldn't college be about fit and what you can afford (I graduated with no debt). Why are people obsessed with sending their kids to an Ivy, or heck in this area UVa (which is a weird local obsession)?

you get a D- but you know that already I think.

[Anonymous]

OP, you're old -- the world has changed. The elites are not only a status badge, they're a ticket to a high-paying gig for even history majors, working in the best cities, they give the best financial aid, and it's a leg up in graduate admissions.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:UMC fear of downward mobility combined with very little actual knowledge about various universities and very little respect for or understanding of education.

+100!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, you're old -- the world has changed. The elites are not only a status badge, they're a ticket to a high-paying gig for even history majors, working in the best cities, they give the best financial aid, and it's a leg up in graduate admissions.

Uh, no.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, you're old -- the world has changed. The elites are not only a status badge, they're a ticket to a high-paying gig for even history majors, working in the best cities, they give the best financial aid, and it's a leg up in graduate admissions.

What kind of high paying fields are history majors working in?

Liberal Arts degrees are a breeze compared to majors like engineering. What do employers value about these graduates? Are they just enthralled with the Ivys?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, you're old -- the world has changed. The elites are not only a status badge, they're a ticket to a high-paying gig for even history majors, working in the best cities, they give the best financial aid, and it's a leg up in graduate admissions.

What kind of high paying fields are history majors working in?

Liberal Arts degrees are a breeze compared to majors like engineering. What do employers value about these graduates? Are they just enthralled with the Ivys?

Nope. I do a ton of hiring for my 50+ division. Sure there are some stellar grads that come out of Ivies, but I've seen many of them to be entitled, not gritty, expecting praise for doing the baseline,

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:UMC fear of downward mobility combined with very little actual knowledge about various universities and very little respect for or understanding of education.

+100!

+100,000

Canada, Germany - this shit isn’t as big of a deal

It’s an Us, uk, Asia thing - you know, countries with poisonous live to Work cultures

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:20 years ago - yes. Nowadays to get a leg up for your kids, elite colleges is the path.

I graduated from college in 2007.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, you're old -- the world has changed. The elites are not only a status badge, they're a ticket to a high-paying gig for even history majors, working in the best cities, they give the best financial aid, and it's a leg up in graduate admissions.

What kind of high paying fields are history majors working in?

Liberal Arts degrees are a breeze compared to majors like engineering. What do employers value about these graduates? Are they just enthralled with the Ivys?

History majors at the very best schools write extremely well.

If they have basic numeracy and mental bandwidth for arthimetic and logic, history majors from hyp, Columbia, Dartmouth, become bankers or consultants