<p>honorstudent posted an article that I think everyone should read about the Ivy Schools...
Is</a> the Ivy League "Worth It"? - MSN Encarta</p>
<p>Thank you honorstudent for this!</p>
<p>^^^ Too bad they forgot about the real reason: prestige</p>
<p>Very few things are as impressive as that Ivy League degree. It is not just the education; it is the opportunity that arises when you get that Ivy League halo around your head.</p>
<p>Worth it? Yes.</p>
<p>Nothing new to me -_-</p>
<p>Nice post. I, for one, am more concerned about graduating from college with the least amount of debt. No matter where I attend college I know I will succeed because I’m diligent. Also, no matter where I go, I’m going to meet as many people as possible and get as much time as possible with my professors… and this can be accomplished through ANY decent college.</p>
<p>My thoughts on Ivy Leagues:</p>
<p>The benefits of attending an Ivy League is that you’ll be surrounded by other students who desire to be academically challenged, the people you meet through networking have a high possibility of becoming very “important” and they can help you out in the future, and an Ivy League degree is prestigious.</p>
<p>^^I agree with you bigwill</p>
<p>Sacrifice education for prestige when picking a university I would say is not a good idea. The “real” world workforce will not exaclty care as much about which school you go to as much as how much you can contribute to their company.</p>
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<p>Yep, exactly. What companies are looking for are people with experience, experience, and more experience. They won’t care if you attended Harvard if you’ve never held a job/internship while in college. They’ll take a person from Long Island University with job experience over an Ivy League grad w/o experience any day. Another thing that some people seem to forget is that companies want to hire people that can impress them on an interview, and by impress I don’t mean flaunting one’s Ivy League degree.</p>
<p>Final Words: Just because one took a ton of AP classes in HS and received a 2400 on his/her SAT, does not mean that he or she belongs at an Ivy League. Long Island University might be a better fit for a person than Harvard, for example.</p>
<p>^^exactly!</p>
<p>Ha, your welcome Salve! Where do you want to attend school?</p>
<p>I’m really debating. I want to go into chemical engineering, so I’ve been looking into UMich or IIT in Chicago. I’m not really positive though. I only have senior year to decide (which really isn’t that much time).</p>
<p>Yeah I’m going to be a senior too. I’m already feeling the stress. I wish we could fast forward time like in the move Click to mid–May of next year; all AP tests and classes will be done and we’ll know where we’re going to college already!</p>
<p>Eh, I still like my school.</p>
<p>Though I think Ivy Leaguers have an advantage over some other schools. There seems to be more grade inflation at ivy league schools so students get a fancy degree and a high GPA. At this point I’m really thinking about UChicago.</p>
<p>^^doesn’t mean the school is any easier seeing as how the overall caliber of student body is much greater at top schools. A notable exception is princeton anyways, which absolutely does not practice grade inflation.</p>
<p>honorstudent, I agree… I want to fast forward through senior year… no AP stress or choosing college stress.</p>
<p>I’m not going to lie, if I lived in the US, even after reading this article I’d still want to go to an Ivy.
=)</p>
<p>Same here, Liverpool. Despite it, I still want to apply ED to Cornell. After working so hard and stressing in high school to make top marks, the prestige of being in the Ivy League is the best reward. On the other hand, the article does remind me that it’s okay not to attend an Ivy and there are schools that are just as good and will make me feel better once I don’t get in, lol.</p>
<p>^But really, who says you wont get in? I think these articles are just bringing people down. </p>
<p>And yeah, I’d want to go to Harvard, only because Rivers Cuomo went there haha.</p>
<p>^^Wow, have either of you ever even looked at other schools. Your employer isn’t going to say “oh, you went to an ivy? Welcome to the job.” The workforce looks for experience, not the little Ivy label…
Yes, it is neat to be able to say that you went to an Ivy, but Ivy’s aren’t ranked as the absolute top institutes anymore (even though they are still up there).</p>
<p>No no, I’m not applying to an Ivy, I live in Canada, and I’m frightened to take your SAT’s. I’m applying to McGill, and that’s about it. And what do you mean? You make it sound like not a single Ivy student has any experience and will get rejected every job they apply to.</p>