<p>One question to ask yourself before lookin' at an IVY college:
why do students want to go to prestigious schools such as harvard, yale, & princeton? What's in it for them and what do they get out of it in the long run?</p>
<p>If you had to choose between a doctor that went to harvard and a doctor that went to rutgers, which one would you choose?</p>
<p>i would think: which one has been sued the least?</p>
<p>Here's another reason: "Ah, the Ivy League. Its name evokes a kind of mythical vision of endless success, money, and happiness; fame and fortune,; success or failure. I'll never get a good job if i don't go to an Ivy league school.....How many times have you heard that same refrain? Our son i very smart--he's applying to ivy league schools. What well-heeled parent wouldn't kill for that Ivy league sticker for their rear winsheild? After all, the Ivy league is the ultimate status symbol, the priveleged club, the inconversation at coctail parties."</p>
<p>isn't that one of the most stupid reasons to choose a college? so you can brag about it to people who probably won't remember one hour after your conversation? sounds like a small benefit for a cost of 40something thousand dollars. if you really want the sticker, just go buy it and lie if anyone asks you. it'll be a lot cheaper.</p>
<p>It's hardly just the sticker to parents. It validates their parenting. It's another accomplishment for already successful parents or a big one for those not otherwise successful. There's no doubt in my mind that many parents will find that $40.000/yr for bragging rights and self validation. Afterall, what says great parent better than high achieving kids?</p>
<p>"If you had to choose between a doctor that went to harvard and a doctor that went to rutgers, which one would you choose?"</p>
<p>The one who is the most experienced, most respected in the field. If the case was surgery, the one who has the lowest mortality rate.</p>
<p>I'm not going to trust someone with my health based on the name of their university.</p>
<p>What if my doctor, who is obviously smart having gotten into medical school which is just as hard as getting into an ivy league for undergraduate school, had poor parents who couldn't pay for him to attend Harvard?</p>
<p>Am I going to skip by him for that. No, I'm not.</p>
<p>Let's look at the most famous surgery recently performed, the separation of the Egyptian twins in Dallas. How many of those surgeons went to an ivy league? Are they still successful? Are they not at the top of their field and highly respected?</p>
<p>Finally, go look up the top primary care medical schools. I'm seeing, Harvard down there at #11. But hey, it's Harvard, let's pick a doctor from that school since we've heard more about it than University of Washington.</p>
<p>Well, people like to brag...and prestige is something that everyone seeks
i dunno, it depends on what time of person you are</p>
<p>Yes those doctors may be at the top and highly respected, but to the average person who has the choice of doctors, a harvard doctor might be more appealing!</p>
<p>I can't speak for everyone, but I'll tell you why I like Yale. It's freaking awesome. All the prestige and stuff is just added bonus.</p>
<p>"If you had to choose between a doctor that went to harvard and a doctor that went to rutgers, which one would you choose?"</p>
<p>from a previous poster, now if you were shot in the face and is bleeding and is loosing blood at 3L/min and you are 1km away from the rutger doc and 40km away from a harvard doc, what would you do?</p>
<p>or better yet, if there was only the rutger doc, would you put your hand against your face and try to stop the bleeding and not to go see the rutger doc?</p>
<p>it doesn't really matter where they came out!
i would just go to any doc, with exceptions to the one that says 50% on your next visit</p>