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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The Ivies are not about changing the world, but reinforcing the establishment. [/quote]

Huh, so true. It always seemed weird that Zuckerberg became a billionaire from an internet company. I guess it wasn't really ingenious since facebooks have been around for a long time and he allegedly stole the idea to put it online from others. Gates, well, he is from the Left Coast.[/quote]

Oh so true, PP :roll:  given that most of our Presidents have come from the Ivies.

And anyone who thinks the Ivies are about reinforcing the establishment has never even stepped their small toe on an Ivy campus.

The Ivies, more than anything else, are about independent thought and the ability to make one's own way in the world and enjoy doing so--despite what others think you should be doing.[/quote]I have no issues with Ivy schools but everyone who attends does not make their own way in the world.  Some are bank rolled and connections are powerful.[/quote]

THIS is true. I meant to add that the connections are also what makes the ivies so much more advantageous. :mrgreen:

Bottom line is that even with those connections, those grads are "making their own way in the world", which in my opinion means that you're living YOUR life, doing what makes YOU happy instead of sitting on the coach sulking at those who are. If you use your connections to help move you from Point A to B, good for you. Isn't that what alumn connections are all about? And all schools have those.[/quote]

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