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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I know this is a sample size of two families, but we know a couple who are both Ivy grads. He has a science PhD and she is CS. He stopped working to raise their 4 kids and she works for the government. They are fine and happy people but not doing anything spectacular. Compared to my husband and I who went undergrad to a school people scoff at - he’s a scientist and I’m a doctor, both working for the government. We are doing just as well as they are (monitarily) - prob better since we are both working.

Not quite sure how the $$ spent on the Ivy puts them in any much better position than we are. [/quote]

I think this is super common, so why such emphasis on top schools when they often don't correlate with more success? It's an interesting phenomenon.[/quote]

Because extreme success often does correlate.  Go look at people who work at VC or P/E firms...people who have net worths that exceed $500MM up to multi-billions.  Go look at the top hedge fund managers.  Go look at the most successful tech entrepreneurs in this country.

Nobody expects to just have a median life, even though that is where most people end up.
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