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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have two Ivy degrees.

My take is that an elite education is like high-end car with all the bells and whistles.  It's a wonderful luxury and you'll love the experience of driving it.  It has heated seats and the engine purrs along like a dream, but of course there is no guarantee that it will never break down or that you won't run it into a tree.

Some bystanders will admire it and read something into it about your status in the world, and others will roll their eyes at you and say "look at that asshole in the Mercedes." Some people are oblivious and won't notice one way or the other what you are driving.

It's really nice to drive such a vehicle and most people would take the keys if they were handed to them, but if you can't afford the sticker price, well the Honda Accord is a darn good car and will get you to your destination just fine.  [/quote]

I like your analogy.  Each Ivy can be considered a particular automobile...
Harvard  -  Rolls Royce
Yale       - Bentley
Dartmouth - MG
Cornell  - VW bus
Penn - Jeep
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