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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]1. A lifetime of not having to prove how smart you are...especially important for women.

2. Some organizations only higher Ivies (especially in high-level finance and[b] top law firms[/b])

3. You never have to apologize for where you went.
(For example...why would you go to Bates and pay private tuition when a great state university would be cheaper/better).

4. If you have to ask...[/quote]

I don't think even the whitest of white shoe firms cares THAT much about where you did your undergraduate if you went to a top-ranked law school.  You are right that there are firms that recruit exclusively from the top 5 or so law schools, but if you do well at Stanford or Yale Law, it's not going to matter that you got your undergraduate degree at Oberlin instead of Brown. [/quote]

This.  Law school and class rank are all that matter.[/quote]

My Ivy degrees (2) allow me to comment with complete smugness on many DCUM threads!!

And realize generalizations are generally ridiculous sounding.  All the Ivys provide opportunities for their students - major research institutions, all the amenities you think you should expect at a college (some have majors or tracks within that mimic SLAC like experiences, some other areas/classes might have 500 kids like a big state school), a certain reputation and cache in certain circles (not in others - and there are some friend cliques that solidify forever), some fields and employers where the degree counts more than others.  That said, from my freshman hallway (having been on the recent facebook reunion page) - there's a yoga teacher, a top firm lawyer, a major CEO, a stay at home mom, non profit execs, middling managers, etc.  
Overall, lots and lots of options and opportunities for experiences and classes etc while you are there with many of the top profs in the world.  Can give you boosts to reach for the stars in a particular way of elitist culture... but certainly not a uniform thing.

And, there's still the DCUM thing :)[/quote]

Va Tech Grad here...feeling inferior...Then I look at my paycheck, and realize I have a job I love that they pay me well.  :twisted: [/quote]

Gotta love engineering types - focus on wat matters and not all the rest.

All these crazy braggy people make me throw up my ivy degree.  In my office, all of us have PhDs from top schools.  Some of us went to elite undergrad institutions.  Some of us went to whatever they could afford.[/quote]

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