<p>Why do we honestly care so much about getting amazing grades and getting into HYMPSC etc? Honestly, in the end, does it matter if you got that extra point on your grade average? Does it really matter if you got an 89 instead of a 90?</p>
<p>Is the world really going to end if you don't get into an Ivy or Top 20? The college you go to doesn't determine what kind of person you are, the person you are does. I've learned slowly through my high school life that getting into the top top schools doesn't matter if you're applying there because you know of their legend. Some of the best schools are tucked away into their own small areas across the country. It annoys me to no end when someone says, "Oh, why would you go there when you could get in somewhere so much better?" Alot of the times it's because people don't want to be in mounds of debt or because they seem to enjoy the college and its atmosphere a lot more.</p>
<p>Sorry for the rant, I just saw people talking about decisions and such and how apparently none of what they did now feels good enough because they didn't get into a certain college. A college does not determine how much worth something has, a person does.</p>
<p>Some individuals feel compelled to succeed and undergo what they are enabled to, which sometimes exceeds the capabilities of an alternative individual. I think that it’s beneficial to possess goals. The curriculum itself incorporated within those schools is appeasing as well. In addition, attending one of those schools may serve as a benefactor when one is applying for jobs.</p>
<p>Right, I can completely understand those who do well because they feel they can. But those who do it just to get into a good college and solely that are missing the whole point of schooling. It’s to gain knowledge and experience, not to get into a certain school.</p>
<p>I think he is responding to that general, “If you don’t get into so and so school, you won’t succeed in life, etc.” BS that seems to float around this forum sometimes, and in real life as well. To that I have a true story I was told one time…</p>
<p>I know a person who was denied from Wharton, who ended up attending NYU (this was maybe 20 years ago, so Stern wasn’t the top business choice it is today) for finance. His friend, who applied to many of the same places, got into Wharton and went on gloating about it. Skip to five years ahead. The NYU grad was working on Wall Street with a top investment banking firm, while the Ivy League grad was busy getting fired from his job for bad work ethic, ineptitude, and for being a general sleaze.</p>
<p>The point I am trying to make is that it really doesn’t matter much where you go to college (within some degree of reason), as long as you put forth an effort and the strength of your character. THAT is what will get you hired above anything else.</p>
<p>Veracity, I think majority of the CCers realize that getting into a prestigious college means there will be challenging curriculums on one’s resume when applying to graduate schools. Grad adcoms probably know that a 3.5 at a top school is better than a 3.8 at state school since 3.8 is harder to earn at the prestigious college. Care to refute?</p>
<p>Name of the school usually helps you get hired into employment positions when you have applicants who have good experiences in the field.</p>
<p>Unfortunately people care too much about pride. Most people are only applying to ivies for the name even though these schools might not even have the strongest program for their intended major. Even when you’re applying for a job people just look at names. They don’t care about the quality of the program at the school. Such a shame…:(</p>
<p>haha. For a second there I thought you became a nihilist.</p>
<p>Why care about the program when the students’ capacities are obviously great…</p>
<p>^ If their capacities are great, then they can achieve more. For example, take a well known school that’s great at everything except math. Now take a less known school who has a strong math program. If a student were to go to either one, he/she would obviously be more educated and succeed more at the less known school.</p>