If your DC didn't get into selective schools are you jealous

[Anonymous]

Why am I not surprised that this thread has turned into yet another pissing match between elitist twits and defensive wannabes?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why am I not surprised that this thread has turned into yet another pissing match between elitist twits and defensive wannabes?

Except the jealous wannabees are the aggressive ones in this thread, the ones who are slamming the Ivy kids by comparison with Julliard. Nobody has slammed Julliard.

Folks, these are ALL good schools. No need to make yourself feel better by running down someone's Ivy kid just because they aren't going to Julliard instead. Geez.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why am I not surprised that this thread has turned into yet another pissing match between elitist twits and defensive wannabes?

Except the jealous wannabees are the aggressive ones in this thread, the ones who are slamming the Ivy kids by comparison with Julliard. Nobody has slammed Julliard.

Folks, these are ALL good schools. No need to make yourself feel better by running down someone's Ivy kid just because they aren't going to Julliard instead. Geez.

It's a stupid argument in the first place because it's comparing apples to oranges. Julliard is a school for the performing arts. The Ivies are traditional general ed. colleges. Comparing the two is nonsensical.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why am I not surprised that this thread has turned into yet another pissing match between elitist twits and defensive wannabes?

Except the jealous wannabees are the aggressive ones in this thread, the ones who are slamming the Ivy kids by comparison with Julliard. Nobody has slammed Julliard.

Folks, these are ALL good schools. No need to make yourself feel better by running down someone's Ivy kid just because they aren't going to Julliard instead. Geez.

And you, too, continue the crap. Was it really necessary to go there?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why am I not surprised that this thread has turned into yet another pissing match between elitist twits and defensive wannabes?

Except the jealous wannabees are the aggressive ones in this thread, the ones who are slamming the Ivy kids by comparison with Julliard. Nobody has slammed Julliard.

Folks, these are ALL good schools. No need to make yourself feel better by running down someone's Ivy kid just because they aren't going to Julliard instead. Geez.

And you, too, continue the crap. Was it really necessary to go there?

If you want to diffuse a situation, you don't keep throwing kerosene on the fire.

Nothing else left to see here, folks. Move on.

[Anonymous]

Wasn't the Julliard post just a humble brag?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Why am I not surprised that this thread has turned into yet another pissing match between elitist twits and defensive wannabes?

Except the jealous wannabees are the aggressive ones in this thread, the ones who are slamming the Ivy kids by comparison with Julliard. Nobody has slammed Julliard.

Folks, these are ALL good schools. No need to make yourself feel better by running down someone's Ivy kid just because they aren't going to Julliard instead. Geez.

And you, too, continue the crap. Was it really necessary to go there?

If you want to diffuse a situation, you don't keep throwing kerosene on the fire.

Nothing else left to see here, folks. Move on.

+1. NP here. Comments like 'no need to make yourself feel better.....' do absolutely nothing to help cool things down. Actually, there haven't been any aggressive comments. Just because you don't agree doesn't mean a comment is aggressive or even offensive. People are entitled to their opinions whether you like it or agree with it. No one is a twit, elitist or anything else negatively promulgated. Being an Ivy booster is absolutely fine. Being a state school booster is absolutely fine. No fuss, no muss, no big deal.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Why am I not surprised that this thread has turned into yet another pissing match between elitist twits and defensive wannabes?

Except the jealous wannabees are the aggressive ones in this thread, the ones who are slamming the Ivy kids by comparison with Julliard. Nobody has slammed Julliard.

Folks, these are ALL good schools. No need to make yourself feel better by running down someone's Ivy kid just because they aren't going to Julliard instead. Geez.

And you, too, continue the crap. Was it really necessary to go there?

If you want to diffuse a situation, you don't keep throwing kerosene on the fire.

Nothing else left to see here, folks. Move on.

+1. NP here. Comments like 'no need to make yourself feel better.....' do absolutely nothing to help cool things down. Actually, there haven't been any aggressive comments. Just because you don't agree doesn't mean a comment is aggressive or even offensive. People are entitled to their opinions whether you like it or agree with it. No one is a twit, elitist or anything else negatively promulgated. Being an Ivy booster is absolutely fine. Being a state school booster is absolutely fine. No fuss, no muss, no big deal.

Actually, 7:55 above was aggressively abusive. Here, I'll cut and paste it for you: "I would be much prouder of a Julliard admission than an Ivy admission. Any smart kid who wants to grind it out can get into an Ivy. Julliard takes real talent, though. "

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Not at all. Why? Because success is not about what school you went to. Success is about how you apply the knowledge that you have, and how persistent you are re: achieving your goals.

Too many people come out of these 'top schools' and can't communicate effectively. They don't know how to work with others. They feel that they are the sharpest nail in the box, and therefore don't have to.

A corporation is made up of lots of people. Run your own business, and you will also be dealing with lots of people. Being able to do that effectively is the key to long-term success.

Typical ivy envy nonsense that people parrot in order to make themselves feel better about the fact they didn't and never could make the Ivy cut. Most ivy and 'top school' grads are indeed effective communicators and they work extremely well with others. In fact, the majority of the ivy experience is networking (which=working with others in the real world) and communicating effectively. And top school grads actually ARE the sharpest nail in the box--the very people who get accepted into the schools in the first place.

The worst, most horrible 'leaders' I've ever worked with were state school grads. It was their lack of communication and interpersonal skills that made them such.

Yeah - an ivy education certainly helped this great leader learn to communicate

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Why am I not surprised that this thread has turned into yet another pissing match between elitist twits and defensive wannabes?

Except the jealous wannabees are the aggressive ones in this thread, the ones who are slamming the Ivy kids by comparison with Julliard. Nobody has slammed Julliard.

Folks, these are ALL good schools. No need to make yourself feel better by running down someone's Ivy kid just because they aren't going to Julliard instead. Geez.

And you, too, continue the crap. Was it really necessary to go there?

If you want to diffuse a situation, you don't keep throwing kerosene on the fire.

Nothing else left to see here, folks. Move on.

+1. NP here. Comments like 'no need to make yourself feel better.....' do absolutely nothing to help cool things down. Actually, there haven't been any aggressive comments. Just because you don't agree doesn't mean a comment is aggressive or even offensive. People are entitled to their opinions whether you like it or agree with it. No one is a twit, elitist or anything else negatively promulgated. Being an Ivy booster is absolutely fine. Being a state school booster is absolutely fine. No fuss, no muss, no big deal.

Actually, 7:55 above was aggressively abusive. Here, I'll cut and paste it for you: "I would be much prouder of a Julliard admission than an Ivy admission. Any smart kid who wants to grind it out can get into an Ivy. Julliard takes real talent, though. "

That's not abusive. That's just an opinion you don't like.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Why am I not surprised that this thread has turned into yet another pissing match between elitist twits and defensive wannabes?

Except the jealous wannabees are the aggressive ones in this thread, the ones who are slamming the Ivy kids by comparison with Julliard. Nobody has slammed Julliard.

Folks, these are ALL good schools. No need to make yourself feel better by running down someone's Ivy kid just because they aren't going to Julliard instead. Geez.

And you, too, continue the crap. Was it really necessary to go there?

If you want to diffuse a situation, you don't keep throwing kerosene on the fire.

Nothing else left to see here, folks. Move on.

+1. NP here. Comments like 'no need to make yourself feel better.....' do absolutely nothing to help cool things down. Actually, there haven't been any aggressive comments. Just because you don't agree doesn't mean a comment is aggressive or even offensive. People are entitled to their opinions whether you like it or agree with it. No one is a twit, elitist or anything else negatively promulgated. Being an Ivy booster is absolutely fine. Being a state school booster is absolutely fine. No fuss, no muss, no big deal.

Actually, 7:55 above was aggressively abusive. Here, I'll cut and paste it for you: "I would be much prouder of a Julliard admission than an Ivy admission. Any smart kid who wants to grind it out can get into an Ivy. Julliard takes real talent, though. "

That's not abusive. That's just an opinion you don't like.

So saying Ivy kids have no "real talent" isn't abusive? In your world, maybe.

[Anonymous]

I definitely will feel a tinge of jealousy, but I am very confident in my child's ability and know she will shine wherever she goes and also get a great education. 10 years from now, it really won't matter.

[Anonymous]

No, I would feel sorry for the parents to pony up with big $$$ for their students to go to Ivy.

[Anonymous]

+100 to the above two PPs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No, I would feel sorry for the parents to pony up with big $$$ for their students to go to Ivy.

This isn't even a sentence.