Reply to What’s the point of going to a top school if you end up in the same place as someone who didn’t

Forum Index » College and University Discussion

Reply to "What’s the point of going to a top school if you end up in the same place as someone who didn’t "

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you have the means to pay for the IVY with out debt it will always be worth it.

Say you go to medical school and you are Harvard, Yale, etc trained.   And you decide to make a career move or say you work for the government and opt to go back in to private practice.   The Harvard trained doctor is always going to be given a leg up vs. the doctor from another school.

If you’re smart enough to be educated at an IVY you stand above the others. Even if only on paper. It opens doors.

It provides the ability to meet and marry a spouse who will be at an earning level well above others.

Membership has its benefits.

[/quote]

"Smart enough" isn't what gets people into Ivy league schools though. Plenty of people don't apply or don't get in who have the same level of intelligence, even the same stats.[/quote]

Correct it is more than intelligence alone, it is also disciplined, ambitious, and highly organized that gets one into this level. Some of those that have these qualities do not get in or do not apply. Some get in with huge hooks that do not possess those qualities. 
However, it remains true that the highest concentration of smart, driven students are at ivies/mit/stanford and a few other schools.
[b]The peers are the main reason why students (and parents) are vying to get in to elites.[/b] It is why the major of those who got to attend want our kids to go to similar schools: we experienced it and know the value of that competitive and intelligent mix. [/quote]

This is overwhelmingly not the main reason.[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics