Ivy League son is graduating next month with a rubbish GPA and no FT job offer

[Anonymous]

Is it just me or some people take great delight in seeing an Ivy League\elite college grad struggle?!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is it just me or some people take great delight in seeing an Ivy League\elite college grad struggle?!

I do because they’re entitled & think they should get to coast upon the $320k degree daddy paid for and their snowplowed high school performance.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is it just me or some people take great delight in seeing an Ivy League\elite college grad struggle?!

Well OP’s kid thought he didn’t have to hunt for jobs & internships like everybody else and found out.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:When I graduated from an Ivy with an engineering degree back in 1991, I only knew one person who got a job by May. We all managed to become productive citizens since. He’ll be fine.

Engineering and you didn't have any internships? No employer offered you and your friends jobs at the end of your rising senior summer internships?

I don't know how abnormal this is. My husband is an engineer and he didn't go to an Ivy, but he did go to a top engineering school (Carnegie Mellon). No internships and took him until the fall after graduation to get a job offer. And yes, he is also a productive citizen now just like the PP who graduated in 1991.

It’s not 1991 and an Ivy or CMU degree isn’t a golden ticket to anything anymore.

That’s the point. It wasn’t a golden ticket then either. You can still have a good life without the “golden ticket”. You’re not doomed to homelessness and lifelong misery if you don’t have a job at graduation or high-end internships under your belt.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I work for a DC government contractor. We are making $100K starting salary offers — to young graduates who studied things like — STEM, cyber, data analytics, date engineering, robotics, AI, ML, etc. With out 20% annual turnover rate, we will hire 5,000 of these over the next 12 months. If they pursued gender studies or communications or history — then good luck to them.

I am assuming you also require a security clearance?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is it just me or some people take great delight in seeing an Ivy League\elite college grad struggle?!

This is a reasonable observation. However, it is important for parents and students to understand that a degree from an elite school is not the golden ticket in the real world that it used to be. Majors matter, GPAs matter, and internships matter. College is expensive--invest wisely.

[sarah_moore_lpc]

It is jaw-dropping how many of our sons and daughters graduating next month do not have FT job offers. Many with offers are now having their start dates moved later/staggered. Not saying this to alarm anyone, just to say to the poster your son is in good company.

[Anonymous]

sarah_moore_lpc wrote:It is jaw-dropping how many of our sons and daughters graduating next month do not have FT job offers. I promise, your son is in good company.

Life is long. This will be a blip. They’ll be great.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Is it just me or some people take great delight in seeing an Ivy League\elite college grad struggle?!

I do because they’re entitled & think they should get to coast upon the $320k degree daddy paid for and their snowplowed high school performance.

So bitter, sad.

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Anonymous wrote:Is it just me or some people take great delight in seeing an Ivy League\elite college grad struggle?!

I do because they’re entitled & think they should get to coast upon the $320k degree daddy paid for and their snowplowed high school performance.

So bitter, sad.

OP is indeed bitter.

[Anonymous]

Teach for America
Teach English abroad
Peace Corps
Domestic or international NGO (entry level position along the lines of program assistant)

Is your kid planning to go to grad school?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I graduated from a mediocre state school with a rubbish GPA and no internships and I did fine.

If he's interested in living in DC have him apply to trade associations. The pay sucks at first but they'll take anyone with a degree and definitely don't care about GPA. Work-life balance is great and if you're halfway intelligent it's easy to get promoted.

From there he can transition into government, consulting, other nonprofits, pretty much anything that doesn't require professional licensing. Or if he sticks with it higher up people in associations can make perfectly decent money - Directors and VPs are usually in the mid to high $100s and Presidents/C-suite can make $200-$500K depending on how big the association is.

Trade associations and national nonprofits or NGOs can open the door to specialization and networks that open doors to solid careers.

And senior positions at trade associations, national nonprofits, NGOs, etc. pay well.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Teach for America
Teach English abroad
Peace Corps
Domestic or international NGO (entry level position along the lines of program assistant)

Is your kid planning to go to grad school?

Peace Corps doesn’t want underachieving dolts

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Anonymous wrote:Is it just me or some people take great delight in seeing an Ivy League\elite college grad struggle?!

I do because they’re entitled & think they should get to coast upon the $320k degree daddy paid for and their snowplowed high school performance.

So bitter, sad.

OP is indeed bitter.

It’s not a good look to be envious of those you claim to despise. We all know if your kid got a full ride to Yale you’d take it in a heartbeat and slap that bumper sticker on your car faster than you can say Bob’s your uncle. But that’s not within reach so you’re gonna be a hater.

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Anonymous wrote:Is it just me or some people take great delight in seeing an Ivy League\elite college grad struggle?!

I do because they’re entitled & think they should get to coast upon the $320k degree daddy paid for and their snowplowed high school performance.

So bitter, sad.

OP is indeed bitter.

It’s not a good look to be envious of those you claim to despise. We all know if your kid got a full ride to Yale you’d take it in a heartbeat and slap that bumper sticker on your car faster than you can say Bob’s your uncle. But that’s not within reach so you’re gonna be a hater.

No such thing