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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I live in Arlington and I attended an Ivy. But the cost is too high now and I’ll encourage my kids to apply to state schools. I bet there are a lot of others in similar situations.[/quote]

Same for me. I went to Yale but can’t afford an Ivy for my daughter. She can go to any in state school in Virginia. [/quote]

[b]I find it telling that so many Ivy grads can’t afford to send their kid to an Ivy[/b]. DH and I both went to a state school. We can easily afford private HS,  Ivy tuition, second home, etc. I guess it’s really not the golden ticket everyone thinks it is. Smart kids do well wherever they go. [/quote]

Yep! The prestige and benefits are short-lived.[/quote]

I will say that my ivy league undergrad ed gave me an advantage several times in my life -- getting a job after college; getting into law school after working for several years out of undergrad; and then getting back into the work force after being a lawyer several years then taking time off with the kids.  I am not good at building relationships with people who might give me a job in the future and this was useful for me instead; it really did help.[/quote]

I would totally agree with this.

Singed, another Ivy grad[/quote]

Not exactly following your point. Are you saying it is the connections you had from your Ivy school that got you those jobs, or the name of the school on your resume? And you really don't think your previous work experiences helped with subsequent hires?

I agree the name recognition is helpful, particularly upon graduation and entering the workforce. But the point is that others who graduate from lesser-known schools end up being comparably successful in the long-run. That's why the comment is that the benefits - or advantages - are "short-lived." [/quote]

I'm the OP of that comment and I don't have any connections and am incompetent at "working" them even if I did.  I'm saying the name recognition of the school helped pull me in for the interview after I took time off to mom it for several years, and helped me get a job in a very competitive market after graduation.  And having a high GPA from that ivy (and a letter of rec from faculty there) helped me get into a good law school even though I was applying 6 years after i graduated.  I'm sure my WHOLE resume counted, but people notice and ask questions about the ivy school -- it came up in those two job interviews specifically, even though for one it had been 25 years since I'd graduated.  It keeps happening to me and that's why I'm convinced it's still a factor in getting hired etc.[/quote]

Another Ivy grad here with a similar life path, and I am convinced it has helped me too. After a non traditional path with time off, people still know that I got my card stamped at an Ivy. I think it helps.

And not it's not connections either. I don't know where these Ivy connections come from. I don't have any! [/quote]

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