<p>c-unit…that is so, SO rare as to not even warrant mention when advising people on education paths…you really do need some kind of education (anywhere) unless lighting strikes your head</p>
<p>I agree ClaySoul. After reading this thread one might determine that dropping out is the best way to become successful.</p>
<p>i’m not advising anyone on an education path, i’m simply explaining that they <em>can</em> be successful with whatever education they have, especially if they have a solid natural intelligence as well.</p>
<p>and i’m saying no, MOST people really can’t be successful without a high school degree / GED and some kind of post-secondary training.</p>
<p>**Yes I am sure that all those who graduated from a non top school but still they are doing very well cry every single night because they did not go to Harvard or Yale. **</p>
<p>Kenshi, do you think you’re funny?</p>
<p>I’m sometimes one of those bummed out people. I am at a no-name state school that people in their own state barely know of themselves. What’s worse is that my cousin was accepted into Brown and Yale recently, and she keeps shoving it in my face (subtly, but very obvious), bringing up the fact that I couldn’t get into those places (one reason is quite depressing: I couldn’t afford to take the SAT again or even take the required SAT IIs…) .</p>
<p>But still, I try not to let it get me down too much. There is no way that something as irrelevant as the location of where I got my frikkin’ undergraduate degree will ruin my aspirations for what I want to do in life. It doesn’t get you to as many places as incredible drive and motivation do. :]</p>
<p>Your cousin sounds like a jerk. Ignore her.</p>
<p>I think Kenshi funny…</p>
<p>Nyriki, correct me if I’m wrong, but can’t you get those fees waived if you can’t afford it?</p>
<p>Yes. That is how I was able to take the test. But for some reason my school didn’t have waivers for the next year. By the time they got them, it was too late to register…</p>
<p>:( my apologies</p>
<p>transferring is always an option if you really don’t like where you are.</p>
<p>I am quite disappointed that I won’t be attending an Ivy League. I will be attending a very good school, but I feel like I’ve let my whole family down. Ever since I was a little kid, I’ve been the best student of all my siblings and relatives. Everyone - my parents, siblings, uncles, aunts, etc - has always expected me to go to an Ivy. I have the grades, SAT score, and extracurriculars to get in but instead I got accepted ED to another top school. I am very happy with this school, but I still feel like I’m disappointing my family.</p>
<p>I think its not so bad that i’m not going to an ivy. My dad works as a financial advisor in the stock market and he says that the kids that come from Harvard are idiots and that kids from a northeastern or maryland have much more practical experience. Kids at Harvard are taught what to do as CEO’s of companies, not what to do to work their way from the bottom up. When they are thrown out into the real world they dont have the necessary skills to be successful. I’ve also heard this from many many other people. </p>
<p>I hope everyone will cheer up about this whole college situation! And anyways, your education is what you make of it. There are a ton of great schools out there for everyone. : )</p>
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<p>I cant stress this enough, but most of this site is ridiculous–IT’S A FREAKIN SPORTS CONFERENCE!!!1111!+shiftone1!</p>
<p>My former boss built a major mortgage firm and a $20 billion mutual fund up from scratch, sold out to ING and is now the chairman of an AMEX-listed auto insurance company and owner of a championship-winning professional sports car racing team. His alma mater? Johnson and Wales University.</p>
<p>ya providence! represent.</p>
<p>I don’t feel bummed at all, but I think my school is a top school. Its not Ivy league, though. The only reason that would bum me out is because I wanted to go to a school that looked like Hogwarts. In stead, I go to a school that looks like Victorian era. </p>
<p>No, not nearly as dark and gothic but its adorable. </p>
<p>Yes, I chose my school by aesthetics. 
At least it was a factor.</p>
<p>the “ivy league” itself is meaningless. what actually has meaning is “good (or even prestigious) school” </p>
<p>2 schools in the infamous HYPSM ARE NOT Ivy League. 6 of the top 14 schools (and this is ONLY Unis…doesn’t even talk about LAC’s) are not Ivy League. </p>
<p>People use Ivy League as a euphamism for “good school.” Keep that in mind.</p>
<p>Guys, keep another thing in mind as well: </p>
<p>When you absolutely work your butt of in high school, are all kinds of accomplished, and have been aspiring to go to a top school for as long as you can remember, it’s hard to not feel like you deserve or have earned a spot. Yes, you can get a great education elsewhere, but it still pains when you don’t achieve what you’ve been working so hard for for so long. That’s what it was like for me. Naive? Definitely. Misguided? Yes. Stupid? Probably. But it still hurts none the less.</p>
<p>im going to a state school where the girls are half as smart and twice as likely to flAsh me</p>