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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous[b]]I’m not sure what you think I think, but I think anyone who thinks an Ivy League degree is a free pass through life is incredibly naïve. An Ivy League degree will open doors right after college/grad school for that first job. [/b] After 5 years or so in a career, the value of the degree approaches meaningless.  If you haven’t demonstrated excellence, your mediocrity will reinforce the belief expressed frequently here that Ivy League credentials don’t mean much.

From the long term perspective, the value of an Ivy League degree should be that you receive an extraordinary education and develop important connections, which should help throughout life.  But if you fail to nurture those connections and acquire the academic credential at the expense of becoming well rounded you’ll be facing headwinds throughout your career.  We’ve all met our share of disgruntled Ivy League grads who just can’t understand why things aren’t working out as they are “supposed to” for Ivy League grads.  This frustration is even more common among the CalTech/MIT types who toil under the direction of more charismatic bosses from “lesser” schools.  There is a reason that businesses put such a premium on the rare Ivy League grads who played team sports.  Evidence of normalcy coupled with academic excellence is a rare commodity.
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An ivy degree does give you a pass. An ivy on a resume will get you the job interview. Then when you sit down for the interview, you're given a presumption of intellect. Sure if your sure if a former employer details an embezzlement scheme you pulled at their company, a criminal background check uncovers a bloody trail of bodies in your background, or you drool and slur your words during the interview, an ivy won't matter much. But those things being absent, you're golden.

I know we'd all love to believe our resumes are on equal footing with an ivy grads, but I've seen it time and time again. Ivy has won out over experience and resumes with higher GPAs.

If ivies did not give you a pass or certain je ne sais quoi, they would bother so many people.[/quote]

should read: they would NOT bother so many people[/quote]

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