Ivy UG or Grad better?

oldlaw
Mon, 30 Mar 2020 16:53:03 +0000

This sort of hypothetical doesn’t withstand even a slight real world analysis, as it appears to assume that if you go to a state school, you’ll get into a “top” graduate school.
Could this happen? Yes. Will this happen? It all depends on how the student does at the state school. It’s not as if a state school is automatically easier so you’ll do better. There are many hardworking intelligent students at that state school with the same exact goal-and since admission is competitive, they aren’t all going to be accepted.
So yes, in certain professions(e.g. law) getting the professional degree from an Ivy makes a lot of difference-but you’ve got to get into that Ivy professional school first.

Old joke: How to make a million dollars and not pay a penny in taxes.
First, get the million dollars…