Harvard by the Beltway

[Anonymous]

Just saw a different thread and I didn't think my comment really fit, so I thought I'd start a new one. That thread was about what it takes to get accepted to elite colleges. I feel without a shadow of a doubt that graduating from elite colleges gives people an advantage in the work place. However, I also know that most Americans have not graduated from any college whatsoever with a Bachelors Degree or higher. By graduating from Harvard on the Beltway or some other lesser known college still places an individual head and shoulders above the rest in the national job market. In the northeast the percentages of college graduates are much higher than the national average, but no matter where you live a college education is always going to be an advantage.

Unless Joe Ivy League really screws up somewhere along the line he is always going to have an advantage. Why? Because he's probably pretty smart and he probably worked hard to get accepted to an elite in the first place. Today, he's still probably working pretty hard. Joe is going to be pretty tough to catch and surpass in the job market. But remember, it's not where we start, it's where we finish that counts.

Plenty of people have started out in second or third tier colleges, been accepted to better graduate schools, caught on fire in the work place and ended up sitting next to Joe Ivy League in the Board Room. Elite colleges give people an undeniable advantage, but it is not the only path to a very happy and successful life.

College, any college can change a person's life for the better.

Here's to all the Crimson Bulldogs matriculating by the Beltway.

[Anonymous]

I get the reference to the crimson, but "bulldogs"???

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I get the reference to the crimson, but "bulldogs"???

Yale . . . I'll be embarrassed if I'm mistaken.

[Anonymous]

Yale is indeed bulldogs but, because your thread mentions Harvard by name but not Yale, I wondered what you meant. I don't know about Yale, but no one at Harvard ever talks about "crimson bulldogs."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yale is indeed bulldogs but, because your thread mentions Harvard by name but not Yale, I wondered what you meant. I don't know about Yale, but no one at Harvard ever talks about "crimson bulldogs."

I was just taking poetic license suggesting the importance of lesser known colleges and the great potential of their graduates. Thanks for pointing it out to me. Now that I think about it my symbolism was excessively obscure.

[Anonymous]

I thought OP was saying G'town was 'our' answer to Harvard, because G'town's mascot is a bulldog. and the school is kinda by the Beltway.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I thought OP was saying G'town was 'our' answer to Harvard, because G'town's mascot is a bulldog. and the school is kinda by the Beltway.

Oh, oh, seriously that makes complete sense. It's only natural that Washingtonians would immediately think of the Georgetown mascot before that of Yale. Sometimes when I'm writing things make complete sense to me, but I forget that I may be over looking something or that I may not be on the same track as other people. This is a good lesson to be learned.

[Anonymous]

I don't understand the OP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't understand the OP.

Attending elite colleges is great and if you can, you should. However, second and third tier colleges like Montgomery College (Harvard by the Beltway) should also be respected and that they too can be a pathway to personal and professional success.

"Crimson Bulldogs" is my made up nickname for Montgomery College which is often times less than affectionately called “Harvard by the Beltway”.
It is simply a combination of the Harvard and Yale nicknames and it is meant to imply that a college education is important and valuable no matter where we start our higher education be it Harvard or anywhere else. Secondly, even if we must start out at a second or third tier college as long as we are tough enough and pugnacious like a Bulldog, that we too one day may find ourselves sitting in the board room right next to Joe Ivy League.

It’s not where we start that’s so important; it’s where we finish that really matters most.

[Anonymous]

you're really groping

[Anonymous]

OP, if you want a made-up nickname using Harvard's and Yale's nicknames, the latter is "Eli" rather than "bulldogs." Try "Crimson Eli"? However, I really don't understand why you need a nickname.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:you're really groping

No, I'm not groping, just clarifying any misunderstandings. I'm not going to argue with you and I am unsure of your intent. You may not agree or understand my postings, but you can't invalidate my thoughts.

Best wishes

[Anonymous]

Appreciate the thought - it's not the end of the world if your kid doesn't get into HYP. Presuming they want to enter a profession that even needs the stamp of an ivy, they can do it in grad school too.