Is a person screwed if they don't attend HYP for undergrad? (please read)

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<p>(please be honest...dont feel the need to sugar coat things please )
I chose to go to Johns Hopkins undergrad where I am really shooting to do the 5-year BA/MA with SAIS--the tippity top school for international studies (Tim Geithner went there)--or Sciences Po. I love history, politics, economics, french...that kind of stuff.
After completing that, I want to attend Yale or Harvard Law School---preferably Yale. (Yes I know it's hard....I'm a URM (black female) and I have taken the LSAT just for fun and already scored a 161. If LSATs are still used in the future, I will get it up to 170 something by app time).</p>

<p>Anyway, I have dreams of obtaining a high position in government (National Security Council, Environment Sustainability, FEMA director or even President). Am I screwed be/c Im choosing Johns Hopkins and not somewhere like Princeton for undergrad?
Or is the whole Ivy craze exaggerated? Should I try to transfer to a transfer friendly Ivy?
I don't want a mediocre job...I want a really powerful and fulfilling one..</p>

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<p>Johns Hopkins? Ha might as well start throwing in those apps at Burger King. Sometimes I think its crazy people that get into good schools put themselves down because theyre in the top .1% of the country, not .01%… </p>

<p>This is a pompous post,especially for someone studying International Relations.Do a quick search of African poverty to get a real gauge of your career then decide how much power you want…You’re ambitious, but this really appears to be a power hungry motive.</p>

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<p>Didn’t you just have this thread in the Parents Forum?</p>

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<p>Hopkins is roughly on par with the lower Ivies, which happen to be the “transfer friendly” Ivies, so transferring there will do little for you. </p>

<p>But yeah, going to HYP would be to your advantage. You’d make stronger connections and you’d get better recruiting/opportunities. But obviously not all successful people go to top #5 schools. You go to a school that is solidly top 15, arguably top 10, and ranked above several Ivies, so in the grand scheme of things you’ll do fine. </p>

<p>Also if you go to law school than the prestige of your law school will matter, not your undergraduate. People from JHU get into top law schools.</p>

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<p>Oh my, thanks for the answers. I didnt mean to post it in this section…I thought it never posted. But I’ve received very insightful answers iin the parents section</p>