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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I can't read all 21 pages but 1) Atlantic is clickbait for overeducated and anxious UMC people, and 2) this article's premise has been argued ad infinitum on here and and for the last 25 years since I graduated from my Ivy.

Despite two Ivy degrees I've worked in the real world and now have a fairly senior role in [b]corporate America[/b] and the Ivy obsession and Ivy presence is marginal. I've seen plenty of Ivy grads flop in adulthood and people from no name schools rise to the top. There can ne tracks from the Ivy league to certain, very specific and narrow industries like NYT journalism or certain consulting firms, and in law the T1 law schools dominate biglaw and the top few SCOTUS. But some of those tracks are vanity routes that speaks more to self important delusions (NYT for example), while others are reflection of genuine brilliance and the Ivy League having the highest concentration of such brilliance.

Last but not least, the world, and the Ivy League, has changed greatly in the last 25 years and much of such surveys will be of alums from the past, not the current generation. [/quote]

I don’t disagree with you if that’s your goal

If your goal is to be financially comfortable WHILE also self-actualzing in your profession, I see the Ivy premium massively helping

It’s like how yls kids don’t actually want to be biglaw attorneys

They all want to be in public service or academia [/quote]

The research article says Ivy League degrees don't increase the probability of reaching the top quartile. What they do is increase the probability of reaching the top 1% (still a low probability). If your goal is "financially comfortable" then choosing an Ivy over a state flagship doesn't help you. Also the notion that Ivy leagues increase the extent to which you "self actualize" in your profession is a theory being promoted by people who directly benefit from making people think Ivy League alums are better than everyone else (because they are themselves Ivy League alumni)[/quote]

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