Friday, November 18, 2011

Are Ivy Leauge schools a lot tougher?

I always hear about Ivy League, Ivy League, Ivy League!





What makes these types of schools so special...why are they considered the gold standard.

Are Ivy Leauge schools a lot tougher?
They're the schools that have been around longest and have well-established systems. They have lots of incoming money for all kinds of research and tons of tuition prices. Because they're so well-known, there are a LOT of people who apply, and few are accepted, making acceptance a special thing. Lots of rich people send their children there for the 'legacy' and the big name.


In reality, the education isn't incredibly better. Top professors and researchers go to those schools, but you won't be severely missing out by not going to an Ivy.


The biggest benefit is that the name of the Ivy will get you recognized and give you an extra buff on your resumes because you went there.





It's all about the names, basically.
Reply:Because they have good football teams. The Ivy League is a football league, after all.





But because they have a lot of money coming in that way, they hired some of the best professors. And yes, they are often more challenging than other schools - but not all of them, since CalTech, MIT, Berkeley, and Stanford are fantastic, challenging schools that aren't Ivy League.
Reply:Because when you go to an Ivy League-level school, everyone there is smart or just as smart. Forget about the professors and research money for a moment...go to a school like Harvard or MIT and you know all your future colleagues are amazing, go to a school like Boston University you know at least half the kids there are only there because Harvard or MIT rejected them.





Lastly, a lot of Ivy League-level school graduates end up working at the top Banking or Consulting firms, or they are recruited by Google/ Microsoft, or they go to the top law and medical schools in the country...so seriously, no brainer there. My dad was telling me how none of the executives at his company went to a top school and how that somehow shows something about how your education isn't necessarily related to job success. But the thing is...everyone on his company's Board of Directors went to...guess where for school?


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