<p>Difference between a student from an Ivy League college, and from a state school. Speaking in very general terms, Ivy League students are more mature and self defying.</p>
<p>Not necessarily, the Ivy league students just figure out who they are and what they like quicker than other students.</p>
<p>Depends.
In some cases, Ivy League students are just richer.
(Speaking as having known someone who turned down a top 10 school because he couldn't pay for it.)</p>
<p>SDMS12, is this just a way to glorify students attending Ivys vs state schools? What are you expecting when you start a thread like this?</p>
<p>To see other students subjective view on personality, Yau.</p>
<p>Am I dense, because I don't even really know what SDMS is asking (is he/she asking anything?)</p>
<p>I haven't attended either yet, so I can't say.</p>
<p>Or maybe Ivy leaguers can afford to go to Ivy league?..</p>
<p>Ivy leauguers work harder in school and care more about education, and having a good job.</p>
<p>^ No, having a good job doesn't necessarily mean going to an Ivy League, hell look at all of the successful people in America. They didn't get there through an Ivy League.</p>
<p>MonoTombo: But I bet a significantly higher percentage of Ivy-Leaguers become "successful" by any subjective standards than people who went to state schools.
But that's more what they were already than what the Ivy League school did to them.</p>
<p>Well, rather than compare schools, let's compare students like the OP asked.</p>
<p>At a state school there is a wider mix of personalities than you'll find at an Ivy League school. Ivy League students are ambitious and determined, and the rest of their personalities are subordinate to those two things. At a state school, you'll find people who care way more about partying, sports, and drug use than academics. You'll probably find those students at Ivies too, but a lower concentration.</p>
<p>JBVirtuoso, have you attended both an Ivy and a state school?...Coz if you haven't, you might be generalizing or basing your post on hearsay.</p>
<p>In General, Ivy League kids start worrying about college earlier. Thats all. As i said in general. Theres a lot of kids that are mature and worry about college early but choose to go to other colleges for personal reasons.</p>
<p>In my experience, the ivy kids I know are less street smart and more solely focused on school. State school kids tend to be more well rounded and aware of what is actually going on in the world.</p>
<p>That's just my experience though.</p>
<p>The Ivy League type of people are probably less street smart but more aware of the world. I say this because they generally tend to focus less on sports and petty celebrity news and are able to discern the major events, patterns, and trends in the world. However, if you put them in the middle of Mexico City or Detroit (not to stereotype here) and tell them to get to go through the most dangerous neighborhoods and do stuff to get people angry, they're probably less likely to get out without a scratch (though the state-school kid may not fare too well either). They do well in suburban areas or safer urban areas where they can get a cushy, well-paying job and don't need to worry as much about difficult situations.</p>
<p>As a disclaimer, this does not apply to all people, and I may just be dead wrong.</p>