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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Honestly, this reminds me of Rory Gilmore on Gilmore Girls. She so desperately wanted to go to an Ivy and never really amounted to anything. I think some people want the prestige of the college, but don't think about how to use that to propel them into a high earning career. Most of the people that are from wealthier backgrounds that end up at these schools seem to understand that. [/quote]

It might also just be the function of actually BELIEVING they were special. [b] The MC people like me who also went to Ivies all did STEM or wound up going to law school,[/b] UNLESS they were incredibly talented artists (think, published authors by major companies in college).  But no one was like oh journalism, yeah, I'll be the one who turns the world on its head with my writing!

It's all about understanding reality, and also accepting that yes, other people will have a leg up on you, but you have a leg up on so many other people.  But you're not entitled to some special fancy cool job that pays well and is super fun.  Those don't exist, unless someone else like your parents is paying your way.  And if that's the case you're really a glorified volunteer on a vanity project, so I wouldn't feel too bad by comparison to those people.
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Ding ding ding. For middle class students, the (comparatively) meritocratic world of STEM/law/medicine is MUCH better than finance or consulting. Even if you're at an Ivy. [/quote]
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NP here. This seems so obvious, why don't the "narcissistic blowhards" (as another PP described them) here understand this?[/quote]

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