<p>Yeah your data must be outdated a few years because the CB had different numbers for all of those colleges. And the CB is using the class of 09. So the class of '10 is probably even higher.</p>
<p>of COURSE ivy league have great education
even if they are just prestigious, that NAME, that PRESTIGIOUSNESS, attracts top professors from around the world</p>
<p>i doubt any of the ivy’s programs are subpar, they just may not be the BEST of that program</p>
<p>furthermore, all this talk about needing to go to these beast schools for investment banking is completely FALSE
my big bro, got into investment banking as an analyst as Bank of America for two years (he’s quitting next year because the hours are ridic and he’s going insane) he graduated from NYU’s Stern school of business</p>
<p>“my big bro, got into investment banking as an analyst as Bank of America for two years (he’s quitting next year because the hours are ridic and he’s going insane) he graduated from NYU’s Stern school of business”</p>
<p>One would hardly call Stern “inferior.”</p>
<p>No one is saying that Ivy League education is bad or subpar. People are just saying it’s overrated. I believe…</p>
<p>Ivy leagues are prestigious and thus they attract academically talented students. I don’t believe that necessarily means that Ivy league schools have better programs. Instead, I find it very possibly that since Ivy leagues are able to attract talented students, due to their prestige, and those talented students are the ones who are able to make the most out of their education, despite how “good” it actually is.</p>
<p>^I think that was the OP’s point…</p>
<p>Anyway, I appreciate the value of an Ivy education. But I also appreciate the value of a state school education or even a community college education. Point being: education is important, however one receives it. Ivies aren’t going to accept every applicant. Ivies aren’t necessarily the best schools for every student. Some students will get a lot out of an Ivy education; others probably won’t. I really do believe that fit is important, and I really don’t think that every student could fit in at an Ivy. Even every really good student or top high schoolers or even the most talented students in the country. </p>
<p>I don’t truly believe that every student in every field who receives an Ivy education will do better economically than students who do not receive Ivy educations. As for connections? In some industries, perhaps, but EVERY college has alumni. And doesn’t a candidate’s ability as a job applicant serve any purpose? </p>
<p>Ivies may be great. But they’ve been elevated to the point that they sit up there with Mount Olympus. Isn’t the real goal here to get educated?</p>
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<p>You are absolutely correct. Which is why it is unwise to place any one school (or tier of schools, as may be the case) upon a pedestal.</p>
<p>There are cheaper ways to get educated than to go to an expensive university. The goal is to set yourself up for good employment.</p>
<p>^ But the Ivy League snobs will argue that the only way to have a high paying and successful career is to attend an Ivy League school.</p>
<p>BTW, on a recent episode of the Colbert Report, Colbert had a guest that did a study of how successful Ivy League students ended up becoming compared to State U students. To accomplish this, he tracked an entering class of students at I believe Princeton (? may have been Columbia) and an entering class of students at some State U from the time they entered their respective schools until they were like 4 something. The results from the study concluded that the people that attended the State U were on average as successful as the students that had attended the Ivy League school.</p>