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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you don’t leave pre-kids, wait until your kids are in one of the 2000 student cut-throat schools*50 of them in the dmv. 
Stressful and total crapshoot applying to colleges around here.

But have fun with all the sports and arts cuts. Only <10% will make the cut! What a place to live.[/quote]

Well, if you make the <10% in podunk high school, flyover country, it still may not cut it either for an elite college.[/quote]
This isn’t 100% accurate. Elite schools also care about geographic diversity so it can actually be easier to get in from a state where there are less applicants. [/quote]

I was the shining star of a podunk high school, and got into elite Ivy. And barely survived freshman year bc I was in way over my head. I would rather my kids go to excellent high school, be middle of the pack, and then do stellar at VT or JMU. [/quote]

+10000000[/quote]

So you'd rather your kids have VT/JMU degrees over an Ivy degree?

Mildly curious. [/quote]

Yes, b/c my career did not really benefit b/c I hung out with out ‘podunk’ kids who majored in ‘busytown’ jobs — doctors, engineers, teachers.

I literally had never heard of investment banking or biglaw or what an MBA meant until maybe my senior year. I had no idea how different those career paths would be nor how lucrative.  Not how important summer internships were or the first jobs after college.

There is so much career guidance that comes from people you deeply trust, family, friends you grew up with, even parents of friends — taking some crazy hard classes for 4 years doesn’t necessarily change the course of your life.

Now if I had a cute DD, I guess there could be some value to the ‘MRS degree’ factor at an Ivy school if she was not career minded. [/quote]

Full disclosure: I didn't go to an ivy.

I understand this rationale. I read some study some years back (can't remember details), but the gist is that most ivy grads have the same jobs as people who didn't go to ivies. I've met lots of ivy grads who are in the same line of work as I am and other fields, and some aren't even as successful with promotions or compensation. Once you're working, your success on the job is the most critical factor.

Now if you want to go into biglaw or some other prestigious line of work that basically requires it, then going to the ivies is the correct path. But if you just want a professional job making six figures, then there are lots of paths to get there via both ivies and non-ivies.[/quote]

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