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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It’s funny that the only acceptable answer to the question that parents here have about where my kid should go to make (literally 1/3) more money than their colleagues in the same field is: well, obviously they have to go to HYP. Actually no. But people don’t want to believe that HYP no longer reliably delivers on the income front.  (Unless you’re already rich and join your father’s company.). 
I have really good friends who are HYP grads.  Some aren’t doing so well, income -wise these days. The pedigree doesn’t have the power it used to have.  They will tell you that in confidence. 
I’m just saying that parents really need to get over their obsession with the Ivy League. It’s lovely that your kids got in. Yay you. You earned it (unless you bought your way in). Your kids will never say “meh” when you ask them “how is Harvard?”  If they did, you would think they are ungrateful or bonkers.  (But my Harvard grad nephew said exactly that to me.) 
No kid is ever going to tell you that they were miserable at Harvard or Yale or Princeton!  There are free ski trips!  Lobster dinners in gorgeous venues!  It’s seductive. But, it’s a fact that their CS CMU colleagues make 1/3 more money after graduation.  There are other places where grads do really well too. 
PS. I taught at Harvard, have a grad certificate from Princeton. Two family members who are Harvard Law grads (one first in his class). An uncle who graduated from Penn. Lots of Ivy exposure. It’s fine for those who lust after it. And it’s not everything. 
The CMU faculty actually love their students and love teaching. Yes it’s hard work. Some kids actually thrive on that. And don’t tell me that Pittsburgh sucks. They’ve never been to Primanti’s? They’ve never been to a performance of CMU’s theater dept?  Leslie Odom Jr.  (Hamilton original cast member) performed there!  (His Xmas album - gorgeous!). Well, that’s on them if they’re missing out. 
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I hate having fries inside my sandwich…so I can’t say I appreciate Primanti’s.  However, Pittsburgh has many great restaurants and neighborhoods.  UPitt was actually the western PA campus of UPenn back in the day.

BTW, no school has ever been a ticket to high income since probably the 1950s.  These schools (including CMU) are target schools for many high paying industries, so the opportunities are there if that is what you are after.[/quote]

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