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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]All of the ivies are equally horrible for education. Go to a school like Reed, U Chicago, Swarthmore, Amherst, Williams, Middlebury, Pomona etc. to find people who are actually there to learn and not jumpstart their iBanking career. [/quote]

How silly.  These are good schools, but most of their students would be at an Ivy tomorrow if they could get in. [/quote]

Completely untrue. My kids have lots of friends who have turned down ivies for all of these schools.[/quote]

No they don't.  No one chooses Swarthmore over Princeton.  Get real.   :roll: [/quote]

I would imagine that there are plenty of ivy admits who were also accepted elsewhere w full scholarships, and they find themselves in the position of choosing full pay (loans, if their parents can't cover it) for an ivy vs full-ride at a lower tier school. In that case, I could understand choosing a different school. Frank Bruni (NYTimes) has been on a book tour and discussed how he made that same choice (full ride over Yale, I think). So I imagine it happens.[/quote]

Ivies are among the most generous with need based aid, so this is bogus.  It's a nice way for ivy rejects to save face, but seriously, everyone who gets in chooses princeton over swarthmore.[/quote]

Yes, ivies are quite generous for families making under $60k/ year. But families in the $125-175ish range will not qualify for need-based aid nor can they afford $60k plus per year for four years. Ivies don't otherwise give merit aid and the kids w/ the chops to get an ivy admit often get merit-based offers elsewhere. It's actually very common.[/quote]

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