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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP -- going to an Ivy does not guarantee success. Think back to your Harvard days -- what are your classmates doing now? I bet you a good % of them are not CEOs or scientists but have regular jobs that a graduate from UMass could also have gotten.

Also -- going to an Ivy and following the straight path also does not guarantee success. Think of how many Ivy grads are out there who take the expected path out of Princeton to ibanking and do ok there but not stellar and then hit a time in life where it's like "now what -- I never wanted this."

And I don't say this in jealousy of Ivy grads -- have 2 Ivy degrees and I've seen these things to be true over and over in myself and my classmates. The truly "successful" Ivy grads -- the ones running the world, CEOs of Fortune 500 etc -- are not only smart but hugely charismatic; so charismatic that I'm willing to bet that they their degree was from UMass instead of Harvard, they still would have found their way to the same positions.[/quote]

+1 My dad went to UMass ( & didn't even graduate with honors -- the horror!) & was a top executive in a Fortune 100 company by age 40. I went to an ivy, graduated with honors & am now nearly 40 & nowhere close to being that successful in my own career.

My dad is not disappointed or heartbroken by my path in life, however. Having friends & former colleagues whose similar-aged children have either died or suffer from serious, painful illnesses (both physical & psychological), he knows & appreciates that having 2 healthy, happy daughters makes him extremely lucky.  [/quote]

White males super successful executives.   Daughters with ivy degrees not as financially successful.  Shows me the white males still out earn females in the workplace.[/quote]

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