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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The point about Elon could've been made w/I the random out of left field ivy comment. Shows how bad your insecurity is.[/quote]

I posted that comment back in April.  The mention of the Ivies has nothing to do with envy and was not out of left field, nor was it a knock on the Ivies.  Many earlier posts in the thread talked about Harvard and Princeton's reputations in academia and the workforce, and also voiced concerns about Elon students' post graduation job prospects.

As mentioned, contrary to the belief of some previous posters in the thread, Elon graduates can and do procure impressive jobs in the workforce and are accepted to top graduate schools.  I've been a Biglaw partner for 30+ years and I've worked with many brilliant folks from the Ivies, and I've also worked with a fair amount that didn't last for the reasons originally mentioned (or however you want to characterize it).  I've also worked with successful and non successful colleagues from across the academic spectrum.  The point is not to bash the Ivies, but to highlight the fact that a Ivy league degree (widely considered the gold standard) does not guarantee professional success in the same way an Elon degree does not guarantee professional failure.  At some point, it comes down to the graduate.

Replace "Ivies" with "traditionally top ranked universities" if it helps you digest the overall point of my post.  It's puzzling that you feel the need to provide such a vehement defense against the Ivy league schools in a thread about little ole' Elon.[/quote]

The above poster is entirely correct re: career and graduate school prospects.

Elon 2007 Grad.  Double major in Economics/History.  Part of Fellows Program, but did not graduate cum laude.  T14 law straight out, then BigLaw.  My best friends are doing very well in Finance, Advertising, and Media. Great opportunities for leadership, and excellent "teaching" professors (as opposed to being focused on research).  Cannot speak to the hard sciences, but had a great experience in the business school and school of arts and sciences.  Alumni network is young, but very helpful to one another.  It's a great place for somebody who is a B+ student that doesn't care about being at a school with big time D-1 sports, is a social extrovert, and is okay with a rural setting.[/quote]

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