Turned down the Ivies

[Anonymous]

My kid turned done Columbia, UPenn, Dartmouth and higher ranked schools like UChicago for Cornell—the Ivy that had the best program for what he wanted to study—and one of the schools that gets abused around here. I wasn’t pissed. He did what was right for him.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kid turned done Columbia, UPenn, Dartmouth and higher ranked schools like UChicago for Cornell—the Ivy that had the best program for what he wanted to study—and one of the schools that gets abused around here. I wasn’t pissed. He did what was right for him.

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So he didn’t turn down an Ivy, ultimately...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My daughter turned down an Ivy for University of Florida. I think it probably happens more often than people think it does.

Go Gators! University of Florida has a lot to offer!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ivies aren’t all that. I know a bunch of regular boring government lawyers who went to ivies. It’s not like it’s some golden ticket.

Yes, I know one woman who graduated from an Ivy and works as a legal secretary in a tiny law office. I know a Princeton graduate who tutors for test prep since
he can't get a job.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kid turned done Columbia, UPenn, Dartmouth and higher ranked schools like UChicago for Cornell—the Ivy that had the best program for what he wanted to study—and one of the schools that gets abused around here. I wasn’t pissed. He did what was right for him.

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So he didn’t turn down an Ivy, ultimately...

. No, but he turned down what many consider “real” Ivys and higher ranked schools for the “public Ivy”.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ivies don’t have scholarships, so no may anyone turned one down. They do have financial aid, but that is need-based.

They don’t do athletic scholarships but they do award merit scholarships which can be for athletics.

No, they don’t award merit scholarships either. At Columbia, recruited athletes get a bargain on the food plan and get their laundry done for free—that’s it. Maybe the kid got financial aid, and maybe the financial aid wasn’t enough to cover a $70k tuition bill (just guessing here).

[Anonymous]

I know quite a few people who turned down Ivy's. Not everybody wants to go to those schools.

[Anonymous]

Not uncommon. My kid turned down Ivies for a Service Academy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ivies aren’t all that. I know a bunch of regular boring government lawyers who went to ivies. It’s not like it’s some golden ticket.

Yes, I know one woman who graduated from an Ivy and works as a legal secretary in a tiny law office. I know a Princeton graduate who tutors for test prep since
he can't get a job.

Yeah, those worthless Ivy degrees.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ivies aren’t all that. I know a bunch of regular boring government lawyers who went to ivies. It’s not like it’s some golden ticket.

Yes, I know one woman who graduated from an Ivy and works as a legal secretary in a tiny law office. I know a Princeton graduate who tutors for test prep since
he can't get a job.

Do you think Ivies hand out superpowers with the diplomas? Ivies don’t really cost more than many other private colleges, so what exactly are you expecting? I went to an ivy. Some of my classmates went into very lucrative careers, others didn’t. Just like most other private colleges.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ivies aren’t all that. I know a bunch of regular boring government lawyers who went to ivies. It’s not like it’s some golden ticket.

Yes, I know one woman who graduated from an Ivy and works as a legal secretary in a tiny law office. I know a Princeton graduate who tutors for test prep since
he can't get a job.

There you have it.

There are least two guys from my Princeton class who started test prep companies and became multi-millionaires when they sold the companies to bigger corporations.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ivies aren’t all that. I know a bunch of regular boring government lawyers who went to ivies. It’s not like it’s some golden ticket.

Yes, I know one woman who graduated from an Ivy and works as a legal secretary in a tiny law office. I know a Princeton graduate who tutors for test prep since
he can't get a job.

Yeah, those worthless Ivy degrees.

+1. Anecdata is my jam.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I know quite a few people who turned down Ivy's. Not everybody wants to go to those schools.

Then why apply to them?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I know quite a few people who turned down Ivy's. Not everybody wants to go to those schools.

Then why apply to them?

Expectations.

[Anonymous]

What percentage of people turn down Harvard?