Pressure for the Ivies

maryversity
Tue, 02 Jan 2018 01:24:29 +0000

Really hope your mom was teasing…

The bottom line is not where you go to school, but what you do when you get there. If you end up going to a school that is “lesser” per your family/peer standards, it is actually to your advantage. Rather than constantly competing with overly competitive students in a pressure cooker environment, you will be able to enjoy your education and actually have more opportunities open to you. At a HYP school, you will be one of many and just continue the struggle you feel now. If you go to other schools, you will be at the top and more likely to be selected to participate in special opportunities.

Tell naysayers you don’t need an ivy league degree to prove you are intelligent. And if your mom really was serious that she’ll only talk about your brother, tell her that’s perfect cause that was your plan all along…