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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I wish my kid was coddled more, not really, but that is so false. There may be some plush privates that do that but it’s not the Ivies. Most get humbled real quick and the expectations are very high. There is no hand holding.[/quote]

I believe what they mean by coddled is the Ivies do not provide the full gamut of a real word education.  For instance, you don’t have to be proactive to get your classes.  If you’re struggling, they practically give your own personal tutor.  You don’t get that in publics, at least not to that extent.  You have to be responsible and get your classes early or they’ll run out of seats.   If you’re struggling, they do have resources to help you but you have to seek out.  And when you do, you might have to wait a couple hours for your turn (this is most common in lower division introductory courses.  Upper division is much more intimate).  So public school education is more relatable to the real world. No one’s gonna give you a job out there, you have to seek it out.  If you’re struggling at your job, you’re pretty much on your own to figure it out.  An IT person once said he could always tell what school someone went to.  He said the private school people would call me to fix stuff that only took a reboot. [/quote]

Really? Which Ivies actually do those things?  For everyone? This sounds like TV fantasyland Ivy.

Yes, I went to one. No, I was never offered my own personal tutor.  Please tell me where I need to go to have a job given to me — that I don’t have to seek out.  As far as “relatable “ goes, I went to inner city public schools before college. Not sure what your IT guy would make of that.

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