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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Please tell me your adult child’s success story if they didn’t go to Ivy or Ivy+ college. In need of perspective from more experienced parents here. I am mom of HS junior and DC’s friends (from school, family , sports etc) who are seniors are all heading to Ivy and Ivy+ colleges. The obsession with prestige is real in this area. All these kids and their parents are so impressed with themselves. My DC is worried they won’t get into this type of school and they will be ‘the loser’ of the bunch despite my efforts to tell them that isn’t how it works. But it is getting to me too and I am becoming more anxious than I want to be. These parents constantly make comments when I mention schools my child hopes to get into with ‘oh that was my DC’s safety school - no one goes there unless they have to’. Sigh. [/quote]

Not going to lie about advantages of attending top colleges but that being said, if you don't get in or can't afford the cost, you can also use advantages of being big fish in a small pool and then go for grad or professional degree from top colleges or top programs at average colleges. Just do well in academics, find good internships, avail research opportunities and enjoy extracurriculars to make the most of whichever school you go to. Life is a marathon not a sprint. [/quote]

This.  I went to a flagship.  My crowd was at the top of our class.  We got free rides to prestige grad schools.  And my best man who is smart but didn't even get great grades in college makes huge money because he did corporate CS/software development then went into software sales.

Most of the top execs in my Fortune 500 went to schools that snobs on this board haven't heard of or wouldn't consider (mainly more flagships and a local tech school).  Their base pay packages are in the $500K to $2.XM range. Plus stock going up into the tens of $M.  It's enough to live off of. LOL.[/quote]

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