<p>ijustdrive, true. Sometimes, they even get the job. However, when they don’t perform to expectations, people say ‘Can you believe he/she graduated from xyz?’</p>
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<p>That doesn’t make any sense. There are so many law schools in existence, the bottom feeders will take anyone that breathes.</p>
<p>Perhaps you meant her GPA was not high enough to get into a T6 LS? (Even a 3.2 with a high LSAT can earn admissions to the T14…)</p>
<p>Course some have. Failings out, onsets of extreme depression, even a few suicides, and simple run of the mill not amounting to much. </p>
<p>They just sure as heck don’t log back onto here to brag.</p>
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<p>Now try to separate all of the differences that confound each other in this comparison (school, major, and GPA). And then you have to ask, what employer and type of job?</p>
<p>Maybe the sister didn’t score as well as her brother on the LSAT.</p>
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<p>Depends on the job. It is odd beyond belief that you would think theoretical physics would “trump” sociology. Perhaps you’re unaware of the fields of advertising, marketing, communication, market research in which a theoretical physics background would be pretty much useless and a sociology degree could be very valued.</p>
<p>okay - am I the only one who thinks Canuckguy is joshing us? :)</p>
<p>Oh, it’[s the usual silly “of course everyone worships at the altar of STEM” nonsense by people who are unaware of other fields.</p>
<p>Nope . . . nope . . . not entering this fray.</p>
<p>My daughter is a Senior at Harvard. We spent more money on her than our other 3 boys. About 100K for a very nice Prep School, where she would have been the Valedictorian if they had one. Its hard to say whether my daughter changed as a result of her environment, or she would have changed anyway. For her , she has become very angry about everything that her backround has provided. We have no aid, by the way. When she was accepted we were thrilled, but she could have had a full ride at several schools where she chose not to go. Her grades are very good, and she works hard. Upon graduation, she is thinking of teaching in an inner city school… she certainly did not need to attend Harvard to do this! My husband says that her education has been a gift, for her to use as she sees fit. I have MAJOR regrets that my D attends Harvard. At least she is happy now- she did not get off to a good start there. ( See my earlier threads)</p>
<p>^ Not sure I understand your post. Are you saying it’s possible the Harvard environment caused your D to be unhappy about her upbringing? Is that the “background” you mean? Or is she angry about some aspect of the Harvard preparation and accompanying demands?</p>
<p>I am saying that the Harvard environment has made her upset about her " Privileged Backround". She did not feel this way prior to college. True, she has chosen to get involved in this way of thinking. Academically, she was well prepared for Harvard from her prep school.</p>
<p>So now she is Radical Chic?
It is early yet, fauxmaven. Her views could moderate over time.</p>
<p>No, I don’t see it as that. She is genuinely concerned how minorities are treated, as well as gays, transgenders , etc. A young woman of color told a group how, whenever she enters a shop/ boutique, she is aware of being constantly watched, whereas my daughter never gave a thought to that. She only wants to buy things that are produced where the people are paid fairly for their work. Of course, she is organic, a vegan… I don’t think she will grow out of all this. On the other hand, she is very outspoken. She once raised her hand in a class and told the professor that instead of giving the students some time to work on a difficult problem, that the professor should just go through the problem on the board and not waste time when nobody knew how to solve the problem! There were several hundred students. The professor thanked my daughter after the class, and knew her name after that!</p>
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<p>I’m not sure that’s necessarily radical as there are people who aren’t radicals or even political who felt the same from such backgrounds. </p>
<p>Unless, that is one regards famous figures such as Siddartha, St. Francis of Assisi, Mother Teresa, etc as radicals.</p>
<p>Well, fauxmaven, if it makes you feel better, some children also become upset over their non-privileged backgrounds when they get to the elite school and see how life is for their one-percenter classmates. I think my children were a little annoyed at times over their bourgeois upbringing, LOL.</p>
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<p>Annoyance or disdain for bourgeois upbringing, cultural items, and norms isn’t necessarily something limited to students from low-income/working/lower middle-class backgrounds. </p>
<p>Ironically, the LAC classmates most outspoken about this issue or labeling others “bourgeois capitalist tools” were overwhelmingly themselves, tending from upper/upper-middle class backgrounds by their own admission/self-criticism or through conversations about home area, schools attended, vacations, etc.</p>
<p>She sounds great, fauxmaven.</p>
<p>Oh, Fauxmaven, this sort of thing often happens with young adults going to any school. I agree with Lizardly that she sounds great. She’s in the process of sorting out a lot of things and taking it all to heart.</p>
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<p>On one level, it shows she has much empathy and wants to better the world around her as much as she’s able. </p>
<p>A good thing as we need many more people like her in this world.</p>