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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My DH and I went to state for undergrad. I went to state also for law school and he went to a so-so priivate MBA School. We've both done fairly well. Our kid went to top Ivy and never had to prove to anyone how smart she was. Even Goldman Sachs CEOs know that they can't even buy their kids way into Havrard, Princeton, or Yale w/o a big donation. So, they know those kids are top brains. It is possible to go to University of Nowhere and end up at great places...but it's more likely to be a "diamond in the rough" star vs. a whole bunch of fellow workers from a class of Princeton or Harvard. And, then, the diamond in the rough may feel excluded and not part of the team.

So, yes, everything is possible...it's just harder to prove oneself coming from Nowheresville U[/quote]

I find this interesting.  I work with people from Ivy Leagues, and people from "Nowheresville U."  I cannot say, from years of experience working with people from different universities, that the Ivy League grads clearly demonstrate "top brains."  In fact, some of the sharpest and most well-rounded people are not from those schools.  So when I meet someone with an Ivy degree, I do not make the assumption that they are smarter, and neither do most people around me.  Anyway, workplace success is usually about much more than just 'top brains,' it's ability to communicate, inter-personal skills, ambition, sensitivity, wisdom.

My impression is that getting into an Ivy League isn't so much about being smart, as having some stand-out aspect of your background, the right background, coming from a legacy, and other factors that change with time.  It's very arbitrary.  [/quote]

That may be because the person from the state school had to be more impressive and work harder and prove himself more than the person with the ivy degree, who had an easier time getting in and getting promoted because of the ivy degree.[/quote]

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