Are you ever secretly jealous of people with degrees from elite private schools?

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Anonymous wrote:Why only private schools? I’m jealous of people with degrees from places like UCLA and Georgia Tech

Georgia Tech is nothing to be jealous of...

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Nope. I founded a well-known and international “effort” in my field, have been featured in media, and husband met a “fan girl” of mine and realized the extent of how many people knew of my work. I went on to publish books and speak widely at colleges and other places.

If I died tomorrow, I’d feel pretty good about things.

I’m not seeing how an Ivy would have helped me.

Also, people from Ivies hire me as a consultant. They don’t care where I went to school. They care about how they will be transformed by working with me.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm not even remotely jealous of anyone's education. College is college. Where you went doesn't matter. All I'm jealous of is people who make a lot more money than me. We're pretty rich ourselves, but there are people who are a lot richer. I envy them for sure.

In the real world, it's money that talks. Not educational pedigree.

What an empty life.

LOL. As opposed to being jealous because somebody went to Harvard? Seriously? At least my jealously makes sense.

I agree money talks. I don’t think it’s empty to state the obvious.

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Anonymous wrote:I think the people who are talking about money and how that's so much more enviable are more tacky than education envy.

You probably have a lot so can say it’s not important. Lol.

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Anonymous wrote:I think the people who are talking about money and how that's so much more enviable are more tacky than education envy.

You probably have a lot so can say it’s not important. Lol.

I make a comfortable amount (<100k HHI, which I'm guessing is waaaay lower than many of the commenters on this thread), but acquiring vast amounts of money has never been a huge priority for me.

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Anonymous wrote:I think the people who are talking about money and how that's so much more enviable are more tacky than education envy.

You probably have a lot so can say it’s not important. Lol.

I make a comfortable amount (<100k HHI, which I'm guessing is waaaay lower than many of the commenters on this thread), but acquiring vast amounts of money has never been a huge priority for me.

But I suspect (DP here) you were born into wealth. That takes the pressure off.

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Anonymous wrote:I think the people who are talking about money and how that's so much more enviable are more tacky than education envy.

You probably have a lot so can say it’s not important. Lol.

I make a comfortable amount (<100k HHI, which I'm guessing is waaaay lower than many of the commenters on this thread), but acquiring vast amounts of money has never been a huge priority for me.

but getting into a name brand school is??

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I'm jealous of movie stars much more than attending some brand name school with dumb majors

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Anonymous wrote:I think the people who are talking about money and how that's so much more enviable are more tacky than education envy.

You probably have a lot so can say it’s not important. Lol.

I make a comfortable amount (<100k HHI, which I'm guessing is waaaay lower than many of the commenters on this thread), but acquiring vast amounts of money has never been a huge priority for me.

But I suspect (DP here) you were born into wealth. That takes the pressure off.

No, I was most definitely not born into wealth. My parents were both blue-collar workers, and I grew up in a community where most of the parents were teachers, post office workers, in construction, trucking, etc.

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Anonymous wrote:I think the people who are talking about money and how that's so much more enviable are more tacky than education envy.

You probably have a lot so can say it’s not important. Lol.

I make a comfortable amount (<100k HHI, which I'm guessing is waaaay lower than many of the commenters on this thread), but acquiring vast amounts of money has never been a huge priority for me.

but getting into a name brand school is??

I mean, it's part of the reason why a lot of people would prefer a Benz over a Toyota. I don't understand what's so confusing to people ITT about brand names.

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Anonymous wrote:I think the people who are talking about money and how that's so much more enviable are more tacky than education envy.

You probably have a lot so can say it’s not important. Lol.

I make a comfortable amount (<100k HHI, which I'm guessing is waaaay lower than many of the commenters on this thread), but acquiring vast amounts of money has never been a huge priority for me.

but getting into a name brand school is??

I mean, it's part of the reason why a lot of people would prefer a Benz over a Toyota. I don't understand what's so confusing to people ITT about brand names.

to get a Benz or Porsche over Toyota or Chevy, you need money.

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Anonymous wrote:I think the people who are talking about money and how that's so much more enviable are more tacky than education envy.

You probably have a lot so can say it’s not important. Lol.

I make a comfortable amount (<100k HHI, which I'm guessing is waaaay lower than many of the commenters on this thread), but acquiring vast amounts of money has never been a huge priority for me.

but getting into a name brand school is??

I mean, it's part of the reason why a lot of people would prefer a Benz over a Toyota. I don't understand what's so confusing to people ITT about brand names.

to get a Benz or Porsche over Toyota or Chevy, you need money.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m the opposite. I went to Harvard and had a fantastic career before becoming a SAHM. Dh is very successful and makes a seven figure income.

I’m surrounded by women who went to average schools. No one mentions schools. I don’t want to act like I’m bragging. I feel like I’m always downplaying my lifestyle. This may be more about my humble beginnings and liking down to earth people better.

Interesting, where did DH attend and what career/field did he enter?

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Anonymous wrote:No, my spouse went to no name schools and makes more than my sibling doctor who went to ivys.

I guess for me, it's not really about the money. It's about all the vague, ambiguous things, like class and pedigree. I don't necessarily like that I think this way, but I do. You can fake a lot of things in life, like the ability to buy luxury brands or nice clothing or an expensive watch, or certain affectations. But education? You can't fake that.

Columbia was literally caught faking rankings, and 1/3rd of their students come in through the General Studies backdoor. Definitely fakeable.

Is that how Obama transferred in with self-disclosed mediocre stats?

He came in from Occidental where I went. Not a great student at all but Columbia needed URM and especially likes Punahoe students. As does Oxy. He wasn’t a superstar at Harvard law either.

Um, he was editor of the Harvard law review. Yes he was a superstar at Harvard and became President. And he’s an example of why Columbia students don’t necessarily lead the rankings in highest earners after 10 years in the way that students from STEM schools are (he was probably a community organizer around that time), but still excel in many areas…

"Until the 1970's the editors [of the Harvard Law Review] were picked on the basis of grades, and the president of the [Harvard] Law Review was the student with the highest academic rank." NYT Article 1990

After that a holistic approach was used. You could have mediocre grades and get in.