For those who attended non-Ivies, do you regret not trying harder to get into an Ivy?

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Anonymous wrote:My husband went to an Ivy League school for both undergrad and law school.

Not once has he said his education makes him superior to anyone else. Not once has he brought it up in conversation. In fact, if someone asks him where he went to school, he simply says, "Up north." If they push further, he will say, "New England." He never brags about where he went because he recognizes that he is no better a person nor attorney than someone who went to a different school.

Our kids are encouraged to go wherever they feel is best for them-- Ivy, state school, community college, military, trade school, workforce, etc. We will never push them to follow a certain path.

My impression is that your husband is a jerk as it is rude to not give a direct & honest answer to such a simple question. By playing games with his responses, your husband reveals that he does think that he is superior since he believes that the correct answer will intimidate others.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My husband went to an Ivy League school for both undergrad and law school.

Not once has he said his education makes him superior to anyone else. Not once has he brought it up in conversation. In fact, if someone asks him where he went to school, he simply says, "Up north." If they push further, he will say, "New England." He never brags about where he went because he recognizes that he is no better a person nor attorney than someone who went to a different school.

Our kids are encouraged to go wherever they feel is best for them-- Ivy, state school, community college, military, trade school, workforce, etc. We will never push them to follow a certain path.

This is such an Ivy cliche. He should stop.

Yet, he is doing it for a valid reason. Why give fodder to all of you people who will make snide remarks, like some have on this thread, just because he has gone to Harvard/Yale/etc.

DP. I went to Princeton and never talk about it. At this point in my life (I'm 50), it doesn't matter an iota.

Did going to Princeton make a difference to your life?

It provided me with an excellent education. But I could have gotten a very good education at lots of schools, so I don't think it was instrumental to where I am today in my career.