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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We would pay if our children are accepted and would like to attend our undergrad, which happens to be an Ivy (though a much maligned one on these boards, since, gasp! it's not HYP). Our parents paid for it for us, which was a sacrifice for mine, not so much for his, and we both had excellent experiences at a small school with an incredible focus on undergrad teaching.

As to those who say they don't know anyone who married someone from college, I find that surprising. Among my closest college friends half are married to someone they knew in undergrad or met after at a college event or through mutual college friends. [/quote]

Because the "elite" look down on anyone who marries before they are 35. They feel it is better to get married at 40 when you have gobs of money to pay for IVF. There is nothing wrong with going to state school and getting married in your twenties when you are at your peak fertility. These normal people have a happy life. Thinking you will be happier getting two Ivy League degrees and spending 100 hours a week working and putting off family life will lead to bliss is a story people make up in their heads.[/quote]

Again, this was not my experience at all. Among my closest friends from my "elite" college, almost all were married prior to turning 30. One of my female friends married at 32 and a male friend married at 34 as the outliers. All but one set of friends already has at least one child, most have 2, and we range in age from 34-37. Half us are in marriages where we both got Ivy League degrees, and none of us put off married life or children.

I really don't understand this board's split obsession with/hatred of the Ivy League. I loved my school. I'm sure I could have had an equally great experience somewhere else and I'd likely have loved that school. It does not make me any better than anyone else that I scored well on the SAT and had the stats to get into a specific college. Lots of people have the stats, many will never apply for a variety of reasons. [/quote]

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