Ivy League Schools

[Anonymous]

My son has been accepted to a couple Ivy League schools and I just wanted to hear opinions from others, what are some of the benefits of an Ivy over another top 50 school?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My son has been accepted to a couple Ivy League schools and I just wanted to hear opinions from others, what are some of the benefits of an Ivy over another top 50 school?

It really depends what other top 50 schools you're talking about.

No benefit vs. other top 15-20 type schools.

Versus, say UM or UVA?

The Ivy grad will have a certain amount of additional "instant credibility" for life.

That's about it.

[Anonymous]

Are you full pay no matter where your son attends, OP?

If yes and the financial question is out of the way, now he need’s to determine what the best fit is based on the type of student he is, major, location of school etc.

Can’t help without more info.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My son has been accepted to a couple Ivy League schools and I just wanted to hear opinions from others, what are some of the benefits of an Ivy over another top 50 school?

It really depends what other top 50 schools you're talking about.

No benefit vs. other top 15-20 type schools.

Versus, say UM or UVA?

The Ivy grad will have a certain amount of additional "instant credibility" for life.

That's about it.

That would be if you stop at undergrad and don't gain any other life achievement which is unlikely. Otherwise your graduate degree and what you accomplish will dictate your "credibility in life"...

[Anonymous]

Bragging rights, access and connections.

[Anonymous]

Two benefits:
1. more doors open when it comes time to look for a job - unless the folks at Columbia tarnish the reputation of the entire Ivy League.

2. benefit from grade inflation, if you graduate with anything less tan a 3.7 you have done something wrong.

[Anonymous]

Since tomorrow is the deadline is to accept Ivy offers, aren't you a bit late to be posing this question?

[Anonymous]

Which are the schools in question ?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My son has been accepted to a couple Ivy League schools and I just wanted to hear opinions from others, what are some of the benefits of an Ivy over another top 50 school?

There may be no benefits depending upon the student's major and career plans.

Some Big Ten school programs are superior to Ivy League offerings.

Specifics matter. Need more specifics.

[Anonymous]

It varies with which Ivy and which degree/major.

[Anonymous]

Which Ivy schools? There is a HUGE different between HYP and schools like Cornell.

[Anonymous]

Biggest benefit is that I am able to work it into any conversation by the second or third sentence. I love the look on people's faces! Maybe I did go to UMass-Amherst but Chip is at Harvard, Karen. Suck it.

I suppose it may help him some way or other too. Too early to tell.

[Anonymous]

There is no "instant credibility for life" as stated by another poster for most Ivy league schools.

Princeton and U Penn-Wharton along with Harvard arguably provide the most assumed credibility.

But when one shares that he/she is a graduate of Brown, Penn (non-Wharton grads), Cornell, Dartmouth, Columbia, or Yale, thoughts other than credibility come to mind.

Broadly speaking, an Ivy League degree suggests that one is smart, hard-working,and ambitious--but, this is true for graduates of northwestern, Chicago, MIT, Stanford, JHU, Duke, WashUStL, Emory, Berkeley, Amherst, Swarthmore, Wellesley, the 3 main service academies, Georgia Tech, CS and engineering majors from many state flagships and many other schools. My assumption is that these non-Ivy grads are just as qualified as any Ivy grad except regarding U Penn-Wharton. I also assume that these non-Ivy grads choose not to pursue any Ivy League education.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There is no "instant credibility for life" as stated by another poster for most Ivy league schools.

Princeton and U Penn-Wharton along with Harvard arguably provide the most assumed credibility.

But when one shares that he/she is a graduate of Brown, Penn (non-Wharton grads), Cornell, Dartmouth, Columbia, or Yale, thoughts other than credibility come to mind.

Broadly speaking, an Ivy League degree suggests that one is smart, hard-working,and ambitious--but, this is true for graduates of northwestern, Chicago, MIT, Stanford, JHU, Duke, WashUStL, Emory, Berkeley, Amherst, Swarthmore, Wellesley, the 3 main service academies, Georgia Tech, CS and engineering majors from many state flagships and many other schools. My assumption is that these non-Ivy grads are just as qualified as any Ivy grad except regarding U Penn-Wharton. I also assume that these non-Ivy grads choose not to pursue any Ivy League education.

I assume that that the non-Ivy grads at the schools you mentioned, apart from Stanford, the service academies, and perhaps MIT, chose to pursue an Ivy League education, but simply lost one lottery and won another.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Biggest benefit is that I am able to work it into any conversation by the second or third sentence. I love the look on people's faces! Maybe I did go to UMass-Amherst but Chip is at Harvard, Karen. Suck it.

I think you meant "Chip is at a school in Boston."