I should have kept my kid at Wilson; college admits are much better than the Big3

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01/01/2022 12:36

Subject: I should have kept my kid at Wilson; college admits are much better than the Big3

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Anonymous wrote:Everybody at these top colleges gets the same degree whether you purportedly struggled through or breezed through with all A’s. Seems to me the kids at Wilson get the best deal and the Big 3 parents resent it.

Is there a metric somewhere that tracks the long term success of Big 3 vs. Wilson or similar public high school? Not really interested in who is better at writing term papers but post college real world stats.

You know what happens to be the bottom of the senior class at Ivies if you're not loaded and connected? Unemployment or underemployment. It's not like getting into an Ivy makes you a shoo-in for a six-figure job or medical school. If you crash and burn at at a prestige college it is deeply embarrassing when you go onto work a regular job. Everyone knows you crashed and burned.

Nope, nobody ends up unemployed or underemployed unless they don't want to work. There are tons of companies coming on campus and everyone who wants a job gets a job. Of course, not everyone ends up at GS and not everyone wants to work in IB. I graduated in 2005 and the lowest salary offered at that time was 85K, which is around 121K in today's money. What do you mean by "crash and burn"? It's not like we compared grades or cared and most employers didn't ask for grades.
In my experience, the students who are most likely to drop out are the rich and famous, as they have less incentives to graduate. The Wilson kids worked their b*tts off to get in and they will make the best of their opportunity.
You have a very limited mindset too, as sometimes getting a lower paid entry job turns into something much bigger. My friend stayed after graduation and worked in the admission office at my Ivy for around 3 years. She was paid decent money, but nothing like IB. Guess who's making $$$$$ now consulting and having an amazing work/life balance?
It's so sad and disturbing that you want these kids to fail. They will not fail. They will do well in college, get great jobs, go to good grad schools. The network is amazing and we take care of each other. I got a job through an alumnus when I was 7 months pregnant. I helped a young kid get his first job and now he's an incredibly successful energy trader. My husband never had to truly interview for any jobs and he's a VP at a huge biomed. For the kids who have to work after graduation, the network is invaluable. The rest don't care, as they already know everyone from Andover and will work in arts or at NPR, Clinton Foundation, the Nature Conservancy etc.

lol and I will never look at a VP the same way I used to (as a worker bee in biotech who had to climb up with no real connections) again

https://www.etsy.com/listing/760672318/carry-yourself-with-the-confidence-of-a?ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=mediocre+white+man&ref=sc_gallery-1-6&frs=1&bes=1&sts=1&listing_id=760672318&listing_slug=carry-yourself-with-the-confidence-of-a&plkey=c661523a0dde2d931d25967aa8af5a2bbfe3ea00%3A760672318

“VP” is one of the most meaningless job titles that exist. “MD” and “EVP” are real leadership positions. In a lot of organizations there are 27 year old kids running around with “VP” titles. Most people, particularly in financial services, don’t respect a “VP” job title.