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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]First, you have many of your "observations" totally wrong. Allow me to correct them-

I would have LOVED to attend an ivy, it was not in the cards mostly because of $$$. I was given a full scholarship to the school I attended, and did the best I could with what I had. But dont' think for a second had I had the opportunity to attend an Ivy, I wouldn't have (never pursued it as it was not a viable option).

I am no dummy, the networking possibilities and the sphere of influence that one will automatically be privy to in an ivy league school is unparallelled. You can try to argue with this from any which way, but I will never believe that any top state school can unequivocally offer the same degree of networking that an Ivy can. Maybe not fair but absolutely true so yes of course I want that for my son. And any parent that is going to be self righteous and say that is not important, frankly I do not believe. Its a dog eat dog world now more than ever, and any opportunity for a young adult to get one step ahead needs to be taken.

While I do not think him attending the school he is leaning towards is necessarily a mistake I do not think it will offer him everything I know he is ripe for taking advantage of and yes that includes being taught my world class professors, meeting people who will can ultimately help him post college and developing a successful network to help him once he graduates. I can honestly say it has the least to do with the name/prestige, you may choose to believe or not believe that, but everything I have stated here is truthful in my rationale as to why I feel so strongly about this. [/quote]

Please tell us this was a bad attempt at trolling. Otherwise this is just sad.  [/quote]

Yes, and again OP has failed to tell us how her state-school education has failed her.

And the notion that every person who attends an Ivy League school is automatically privy to networking and "the sphere of influence" is so misguided as to be laughable. There are plenty of Ivy League grads who stumble and fall and fail. And there are plenty of Ivy League grads who end up in exactly the same place as their state school counterparts. Among my colleagues are people who got their undergrad degrees at Harvard, Brown, Cornell, and Princeton. And there are also people who got their undergrad degrees from UMass, UVA, Old Dominion, and Boston University. Oh, and also Williams and Oberlin. There we are, all doing the same work.[/quote]

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