<p>How many of you brilliant people want to rich, if your not already. I dont mean couple hundred thousands rich, i mean vacationing in the south of france million dollar rich. What are you going/ willing to do to get there. And if money is not the main incentive, what do you want to be when you leave the ivy league?</p>
<p>what does that mean “vacationing in the south of france million dollar rich”? my friend went there for free for the whole summer on a full merit scholarship (including food). you should watch out if you think going to the ivy league will make you rich, because if you have that mindset, you might be angry when you see that most of the richest people (i mean really rich) around you did not go to ivy league schools.</p>
<p>Come on guys, do rich people really not go to Ivy Leagues? They certainly have the money for it</p>
<p>Ivy Leaguers tend to be very “accomplished,” which doesn’t necessarily make one rich. Rich people are usually super entrepreneurs … or are rich through their inheritance.</p>
<p>lawl at the premise of this thread.</p>
<p>This is would be funny if it wasn’t so pathetic. I hope this is a joke gone wrong?</p>
<p>why is this pathetic? i dont understand, please explain</p>
<p>i think kayheart is trying to say that its a rather naive viewpoint. the title thread “who wants to be rich” makes it sound like the ivy league is a money factory. however i can see your point - many people are in it for the money and the status, but the right and obvious answer to most people is that most of the schools in the ivy league will help you think on a higher level and progress your education - money will follow naturally if one is interested in that sort of thing.</p>
<p>^ completely agree with this post</p>
<p>but i think the OP is kind of in the right track, if it wasn’t for the opportunities, prestige, and yes to some extent, the money…then why did u guys choose harvard over let’s say an Honors college at a state University??? its a bit hypocritical to say otherwise.</p>
<p>Wow. Based on the subject line, I was expecting some “Work At Home Stuffing Envelopes” link. </p>
<p>What a waste of time this thread is.</p>
<p>thinking on a higher level is great, but the idea the desire of money is immoral is absolutely rediculous. If you won the lottery, who would say no, i dont want it, im above it, or that doesnt intrest me. the only reason harvard has the ability to grant to its students everything that it can, is becasue of its immense endowment, i.e money. Money is an amazing resource, and though in a eutopian society, life may be better without it all together, right now thats not feasible. If you want to do anything in life, you need money, so desiring to be rich to me says that once again you want to be the best. Since this is harvard, im sure anyone applying sees themselves in some way as the best. ITs a relevant extreme in my oppinion. Besides, look at all the investment bankers the crimson churns out, all those kids cant be just looking for higher thinking and enlightenment. this is intresting.</p>
<p>i think you have a little to learn about…
the pursuit of money will not get you very far, and i would disagree with you… money gets your very little of the important things in life,… and you can do almost anything without money. I would even go as far to say that money will put you in a cage which will keep you from being able to “do anything in lie”</p>
<p>i think you have a little to learn about…
the pursuit of money will not get you very far, and i would disagree with you… money gets your very little of the important things in life,… and you can do almost anything without money. I would even go as far to say that money will put you in a cage which will keep you from being able to “do anything in lie”</p>
<p>i think you have a little to learn about…
the pursuit of money will not get you very far, and i would disagree with you… money gets your very little of the important things in life,… and you can do almost anything without money. I would even go as far to say that money will put you in a cage which will keep you from being able to “do anything in lie”</p>
<p>^that was a SUPER TRIPLE POST!</p>
<p>very insightful, thank you! :)</p>
<p>lol triple post- havent seen one of those on CC before</p>
<p>Unintentional I assume? If not, great emphasis tactic!</p>
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<p>while i was agreeing with your response most of the way, i think you do go too far here. money can be a liberator (as well as a prison cell in some less frequent cases) - with money comes freedom: freedom to go where you want, freedom of general choice, freedom from living where you don’t want to live. i think it’s elitist to say that too much money (i believe you’re referring to large sums of money) imprisons people because that statement detracts from the importance of money in regard to creating a lifestyle free from monetary cares. granted, there are some who don’t enjoy the real joys of life (family, friends, love, all the good stuff) when hoarding their money, but many individual with large sums of money ARE able to enjoy these joys fully without the specter of debt and credit looming over their heads. so while i don’t completely agree with that part of your post, i agree that money as a sole purpose in an ivy league education is not a very noble or wise purpose.</p>
<p>I understand that the endless pursuit of money is dangerous, but facing life without it can be even more so. I think having enough money so that you dont have to limit your reasonable, justifiable and well deserved desires is a decent enough motivator for any desire. I dont know to what extent any of you have had experiances with poverty, but from what i know about it, it severly limits life, choices, experiances, and defines the type of person you can be. Understanding that money can and does have such an effect on the lives of people, to me says that while having money may not solve every problem in ones life, it does give you alot more power in making decisions. For somone poor, they dont have a choice. Beggars cant be choosers. As far as a cage, poverty is definatley more confining than rihces. Ive never been rich so i cant say with certainty, but most of the problems that i could see my self complaing about being a rich man, is only whining compared to that of a poor man. </p>
<p>This is very interesting, if anyone has any responses, please respond. Thanks</p>
<p>What I would do after an Ivy League education is go to Africa and work as a volunteer, maybe dig some wells, work in a clinic or something.</p>
<p>^I think the triple post thing was intentional, as the three posts were done in the course of three minutes. LOL</p>