Ivy Strivers have explaining to do
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Pay Scale's Top 20 Based on An Analysis of 1503 colleges.
https://www.payscale.com/college-salary-report/bachelors 1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology Engineering, Private School, Research University $110,200 $196,900 49% 66% 2. Princeton University Engineering, Ivy League, Private School, Research University, For Sports Fans $95,600 $194,100 51% 53% 3 United States Naval Academy Engineering, Liberal Arts School, Sober School, For Sports Fans, State School $96,700 $187,800 53% 54% 4 Harvey Mudd College Engineering, Liberal Arts School, Private School $115,000 $185,900 61% 74% 5 Babson College Business, Private School $90,600 $181,400 48% 3% 6 Stanford University Private School, Research University, For Sports Fans $102,300 $181,200 57% 48% 7 Santa Clara University Private School, Religious, For Sports Fans $91,000 $179,500 45% 23% 8 Dartmouth College Ivy League, Private School, Research University, For Sports Fans $92,300 $178,700 45% 36% 9 University of Pennsylvania Ivy League, Private School, Research University, For Sports Fans $92,500 $178,300 37% 27% 10 Harvard University Ivy League, Private School, Research University, For Sports Fans $95,600 $177,400 50% 19% 11 Colgate University Liberal Arts School, Party School, Private School, For Sports Fans $87,400 $176,100 41% 25% 12 Lehigh University Private School, Research University, For Sports Fans $89,100 $175,600 40% 43% 13 California Institute of Technology Engineering, Private School, Research University $111,000 $175,400 50% 98% 14 Claremont McKenna College Liberal Arts School, Private School $89,800 $175,000 53% 19% 15 United States Military Academy Liberal Arts School, Sober School, For Sports Fans, State School $95,400 $174,100 66% 35% 16 Williams College Liberal Arts School, Private School $85,800 $173,900 39% 29% 17 Stevens Institute of Technology Engineering, Private School, Research University $92,800 $172,900 44% 76% 18 United States Air Force Academy Engineering, Liberal Arts School, Sober School, For Sports Fans, State School $90,900 $172,800 64% 54% 19 Yale University Ivy League, Private School, Research University, For Sports Fans $92,100 $171,900 52% 28% 20 University of California-Berkeley |
Anonymous
They go onto additional school. The 10-year salaries, etc are different |
Anonymous
+1. Ivy grads make more over time. 2-years out tells you nothing. |
Anonymous
The colleges, the OP is trying to boost--Emory, Wash U and Vanderbilt--aren't even on the list. |
Anonymous
Most college graduates are getting jobs in factories these days. |
Anonymous
Some of the links the OP was posting show job outcomes 6 months after graduation. Elite college kids go to grad school at a higher rate than other kids where they're earning nothing or maybe a minimum wage grad TA stipend. But I guess that's not prestigious in the OP's brain. |
Anonymous
| Salary is significantly more dependent on major than on which school you went to |
Anonymous
| Harvey Mudd looking good! |
Anonymous
Doubt these schools need any “boosting” |
Anonymous
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It will blow your mind Op- but many did not “strive”.
My kid didn’t think about college until summer of Junior year. Put a list together in the Fall-from T1-T40/50. He was accepted to a T-10, an Ivy, lots of T20s RD unhooked. Never would have thought he’d be at an Ivy. He always did the things he liked to do—lots of his sport, some community service, summer job, etc. Never had a special project or go to any of those pay to play academic summer programs. He is a great writer and had a perfect academic record and very high scores- without tutors or a paid essay coach/counselor. You should check yourself because referring to kids as “Ivy strivers” makes you sound like a nut. It’s even nuttier you are so upset but that you have to post random salary stuff. Go to work or go for a run. It will be okay. |
Anonymous
| What percentage of Ivy grads go directly into a PhD program, law school, med school instead of directly into a career? (Ie, $0 income or a stipend). The links are very light on info about methodology. |
Anonymous
+1 It also makes "striver" sound like an insult. Most parents want their kid to strive towards a goal. I'd rather have a striver than a slacker. |
Anonymous
| 99.9% of companies pay the same first year salary to everyone they hire. Getting the job is another story. Getting the next level job is all on you and your performance. |
Anonymous
Just another Jedi mind trick to get other kids to do less prep and lessen the competition. Nobody believes someone without a hook got into " T-10, an Ivy, lots of T20s RD unhooked" without any prep. |
Anonymous
i think that's the point. If you can't get in the door, whats the point of talking about the salary? |