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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No, my spouse went to no name schools and makes more than  my sibling doctor who went to ivys.   [/quote]

I guess for me, it's not really about the money. It's about all the vague, ambiguous things, like class and pedigree. I don't necessarily like that I think this way, but I do. You can fake a lot of things in life, like the ability to buy luxury brands or nice clothing or an expensive watch, or certain affectations. [b]But education? You can't fake that.[/b][/quote]

Columbia was literally caught faking rankings, and 1/3rd of their students come in through the General Studies backdoor. Definitely fakeable. [/quote]

Sure... but a Columbia College (or a degree from one of Columbia's actual grad/professional schools) is still highly covetable.[/quote]

Nope. Columbia has the lowest median income 10 years out from graduation compared to all the Ivies:

https://www.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/info-Salaries_for_Colleges_by_Type-sort.html [/quote]

A degree can be highly covetable even if students aren’t the highest earners.  A lot of these students will take prestigious but not highly compensated jobs in the arts, journalism, academia etc.   The schools with the highest starting salaries are CalTech and MIT.  So go there and not an Ivy if you’re most interested in salaries. [/quote]

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