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How many of you went to a top college or university or ????
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Anonymous
Get over yourself, |
Anonymous
| I want my kids to go where they will thrive. Period. My DH feels the same way, he went to Ivy, I did not. |
Anonymous
Such original use of language as well. |
Anonymous
That was a different poster. Apparently one with less patience (and/or a better sense of when someone's more interested in exchanging insults than having a substantive conversation!) than I have.... |
Anonymous
| Went to a top college and then a top 3 business school. I'd be happy for DCs to go to UVA. |
Anonymous
| went to harvard. benefit from it everyday. Want DD to be happy. If she wants to go there, ok. If not, fine too. |
Anonymous
| Yes on top college and graduate school (JHU, Penn). Yes, it mattered. Not more than health and happiness, but yes, the degree from these places helped. |
Anonymous
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10:21 here again. I agree with 19:41 - the degree from a top school helps. If you want to go on to a good grad school, or get that job you really want, having a "top name" degree opens doors. It's often been one of the first things interviewers have asked me about.
I don't think you'll necessarily get better teachers or a better education at a "top name" school. So I don't care if my DCs go to a "top name" school. Although I do care about the quality of education at whatever school they're at. |
Anonymous
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I went to an Ivy. It has helped me get jobs. I have never made any money off of the degree though. I didn't choose a lucrative profession. Most of my Ivy friends are like me, basically getting by, but not earning big bucks. But we have great conversations!
I don't understand all this emphasis on where your kids go to college. I don't want my kids to go to college. When they do, they will have left my nest, and I will be heartbroken. My kids won't go to an Ivy unless they get financial aid. I think a state school is in their future. But it's too early to tell. I do think my college gave me a great education, and I really enjoy the friends I made there. I rarely meet people as interesting as the people I met when I was an undergraduate, so that has been a lifelong gift. |
Anonymous
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Went to two Ivies. Had an amazing time and would gladly sacrifice financially, within reason) to send my kids if that is where they want to go and can get in. But if they don't, fine, no pressure. There are many roads to happiness.
And although the degrees have had an effect on my bottom line, the real value is in what I learned both in and out of the classroom. |
Anonymous
| I went to a solid but non-prestigious state university, then on to the nation's #1 ranked law school. I highly recommend the average university/great grad school route for kids who are bright and focused enough to really excel as undergrads, and plan to continue beyond a Bachelor's degree. I have nieces at one of the nation's most prestigious private HS, but that means they're competing against their entire graduating class for spots at top universities. Harvard just can't take 100 kids from one high school. I guarantee that if my nieces had the same resumes but were coming out of the inner-city HS that they're zoned for, they'd get Ivy League scholarships. I think the same principle applies to undergrads going on to grad school. I had a 3.8 GPA coming out of my state school, and 98%ile on the LSAT. I would not have gotten into all 6 of the nation's top law schools if I'd graduated from Harvard, where I surely would have had lower grades and lower class rank. When the time comes for my now 3 yo DD to go to college, I'm hoping she picks a solid school where she'll learn, have fun, and shine. |
Anonymous
| 3:01, this sounds like a strategy that makes a great deal of sense for a kid who is planning on grad school. |
Anonymous
Really? I assume your children are young? I think teenagerhood exists so that you are happy to have them leave the nest and vice versa. |
Anonymous
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I went to a top 25 University. Didn't make a difference in my career because I'm a lawyer. Once you go to law school, undergrad means nothing to prospective employers. Perhaps my undergrad helped me get into law school, but I didn't go to a top law school.
However, I still use my top 25 undergrad education to hang over DH's head and insist that I am smarter than him. |
Anonymous
| 19:12 here. I didn't see 03:01's post before I posted, but that's pretty much the opposite of my experience. I think 13:01 came out on top. Maybe I'll push for that approach with my kids. |