<p>Why</a> Ivy League Rejects Earn More Money - CBS MoneyWatch.com</p>
<p>I found that link and now that I think about it, why should we work hard to get into an ivy league? Wouldn't UC San Diego or Berkeley be good enough?</p>
<p>because DAT DEGREE NAME</p>
<p>But some people delude themselves to thinking that Ivy = instant ticket to $$$$ + women (or men) when it’s really not.</p>
<p>What you do after college, as well as how you spend your college years regardless of where you are, is what matters the most. The rest is just good for bragging rights, which no one should really care about anyway.</p>
<p>Actually, the truth is yes, Ivy League are overrated in terms of their education, and if your goal is to just get a good job… then you shouldn’t even consider going to an Ivy.
However… they have much more to offer than just education…</p>
<p>^ Like what collegegw? Please elaborate</p>
<p>^Research opportunities, excellent alumni networks, etc.</p>
<p>Well, let’s be fair, there are plenty of universities where you’ll have those opportunities elsewhere. Maybe not quite like Ivies (maybe better or worse than) but they’re there.</p>
<p>This makes me feel so much better.
I’ve kind of been stuck with this “Ivy or I’ll kill myself” mind-set for years now.</p>
<p>The article is a little misleading. </p>
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<p>Well…uhm…yea…</p>
<p>If we are to assume that, on average, the people who apply to an Ivy League school are within the top 5th percentile nationally for test scores and grades, then we can also assume that those people will remain in the top 5th percentile nationally regardless of whether or not they actually go to an Ivy.</p>
<p>Getting rejected from an Ivy League school doesn’t make you “dumber” or less ambitious.</p>
<p>Not like I’ll really kill myself. xD Just wanted to clarify.</p>
<p>Well going to an Ivy league or any top school is a MUST to become a lawyer these days.</p>
<p>^ I think it makes a difference if you’re into business too, right? What about if you want to go into medicine? Is an Ivy a major advantage for a doctor? I don’t think it should be… a doctor is still a doctor, as long as he/she isn’t from some sketchy school in the Caribbean that accepts everyone.</p>
<p>^STEM majors are more about what you know, everything else is more about who you know.</p>
<p>People get rejected from top schools for different reasons. It’s naive to think that one’s self worth or potential for success is measured by the name of the university/college they attend.</p>
<p>A top school will make it heaps easier to be a lawyer, and an investment banker. </p>
<p>A doctor not so much, just to get a top residency, but it won’t matter anyway. </p>
<p>A top school makes it easier to land an interview, but a person from a lower ranked school with better socialization tools will get the job and not the top school alumni (both having similar credentials).</p>
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This. It’s necessary for investment banking or corporate law.</p>
<p>I never really understood the rationale behind students who want to become doctors. Going to Cal or UCLA and then a top med school is the same as going from HYP to a top med school.</p>
<p>If I wanted to a doctor or lawyer, I would just apply to the schools with the best football programs. GPA is all that really matters for those, right?</p>