Did going to an Ivy League college make a huge difference to your status/life?
09-13-2011, 01:13 AM
Go to the best school that you can get into that is still in a location that you can at least tolerate living in. Agree with most of the above. Great college -> great connections for first job or -> easier in to great med/law/grad schools -> easier to "succeed" in life overall. Can you do it from State School? You can. But you will have to be a total baller in all ways from day 1, or be incredibly lucky. Make it easier on yourself and go to the best from the beginning.
I can speak to this. You want to go to top med school if you can (you probably know who they are, and aside from Harvard they are mostly not Ivy League). And to get there you want to go to a great undergrad. This is why. Prestigious undergrad school -> prestigious medical school -> helps you get the residency and location you want. (But overall, perhaps less important that business and law.)
If you can go to Harvard/Yale/Princeton/Ivy League etc, or a similar level school like Stanford/MIT/Caltech (There are others too), or Amherst/Williams/etc then you will get the hook ups to last a lifetime. You only get one chance on this to set it straight from the beginning, unfortunately your chance comes as a senior in high school when you are at your likely stupidest stage in life. So, don't blow it.
I don't suggest name dropping the Ivies or similar in your approach even if you do have that behind you. No need. But if the chick likes you, she might ask where you went and what you do, and THEN you can clinch it with some Ivy cachet if you got it.
Quote: (08-28-2011 10:59 PM)velkrum Wrote:
I understand what you are all saying. I have chosen the medical field (doctor) and there is a vast amount of opportunities any and every where in the country. I was looking at things through a small perspective.
If jobs for doctors started becoming scarce then yes I can absolutely see the prestige of a school (and numerous other factors) appearing more desirable in a competitive situation.
I can speak to this. You want to go to top med school if you can (you probably know who they are, and aside from Harvard they are mostly not Ivy League). And to get there you want to go to a great undergrad. This is why. Prestigious undergrad school -> prestigious medical school -> helps you get the residency and location you want. (But overall, perhaps less important that business and law.)
If you can go to Harvard/Yale/Princeton/Ivy League etc, or a similar level school like Stanford/MIT/Caltech (There are others too), or Amherst/Williams/etc then you will get the hook ups to last a lifetime. You only get one chance on this to set it straight from the beginning, unfortunately your chance comes as a senior in high school when you are at your likely stupidest stage in life. So, don't blow it.
I don't suggest name dropping the Ivies or similar in your approach even if you do have that behind you. No need. But if the chick likes you, she might ask where you went and what you do, and THEN you can clinch it with some Ivy cachet if you got it.