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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My DC and my DH both went to Ivies. Those kids from the “rodeo” backgrounds had a very hard time at those difficult schools. High level of dropping out and mental breakdowns. Those social experiments are not very kind in the end. [/quote]

You just made that up and it is not true.  The graduation rates prove it.[/quote]
Of course they eventually graduate them. The schools don’t want to feel like losers for their social experiment. Then they go on to the job market and employers go WTH? And they end up well whatever. They also have a great deal of difficulty with the professional entrance exams. However they populate SJW and low pay non profits. [/quote]

You are wrong, full stop. They do not "eventually" graduate them. Poor kids at Harvard graduate at almost the same rate as other kids. And research has clearly shown that going to an elite school confers advantages on poor students and POC much more than on wealthier and white students. Facts matter.

From Harvard's common data set for freshmen starting fall 2013 (most recent data available)

First-time, full-time freshmen receiving Pell Grant= 273
graduated in 4 years or less: 224 (82%)
graduated in 6 years or less: 260 (95%)

First-time, full-time freshmen, no Pell = 1378
graduated in 4 years or less: 1176 (85%)
graduated in 6 years or less: 1343 (97%)[/quote]

You're wrong. Graduating doesn't mean anything if your degree is in sociology or gender studies. Upper-middle class White/Asian kids dominate the high-paying majors at Ivies (CS, Econ, Math, Engineering). Plus most rodeo kids didn't do so well in corporate recruiting due to their lower GPAs and weaker class schedules.

-Ivy alum [/quote]

If you are truly an Ivy alum, you would know that college is not trade school.  It is part of an educational foundation, so unnecessary to major in the “high paying” fields to be successful.  Many of those kids in majors you dissed go on to grad school (including law school —I assume lawyer meets your uncreative and narrow definition of success).[/quote]

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