<p>People now days are way too obsessed about the ivies. going to ivy does not guarantee success! it will help you get noticed easier but if you are going to major in spanish or woman’s studies, your chances of getting a job is just as low as a person graduating from a non ivy college. at the end, it all comes down to your major and networking. sorry for the rant…</p>
<p>Please tell me that you are not double majoring in Spanish and Women’s Studies! :)</p>
<p>There ARE lots more good colleges than the Ivies. But the OP has it backwards. There are lots of places that will give you a computer science degree that will take you just as far as a Harvard computer science degree, not to mention engineering, or things that Harvard doesn’t offer at all like nursing, finance, accounting. And you don’t need an Ivy to get into medical school. However, if you ARE going to double-major in Spanish and women’s studies, going to an Ivy or one of a small number of equivalent colleges is probably your best hope for being employable afterwards.</p>
<p>Just for fun, check out this recent Harvard graduate who concentrated in Women, Gender and Sexuality and effectively, if not formally, minored in Japanese – [Amy</a> Rebecca Klein](<a href=“http://amyandronicus.■■■■■■■■■■/]Amy”>http://amyandronicus.■■■■■■■■■■/). </p>
<p>In case that violates the TOS, her name is Amy Klein, she is a guitarist and sometime frontperson in several rock bands, including 2010’s “It” band Titus Andronicus, and she is a pretty awesome writer as well.</p>
<p>There are? Who knew!</p>
<p>This is so upsetting. I hope this news does not get out. Think of all of the people who went to Ivies believing that theirs was the “only” valuable degree. They will be devastated. I wonder if they can get refunds?</p>
<p>Not to mention, just think of all the unfortunate people who didn’t go to Ivies and wound up being successful. They must have been so perplexed all this time! Thankfully there’s now an explanation!</p>
<p>Exactly, pizzagirl. This is full of so many ramifications… it is overwhelming.</p>
<p>Oh, I always thought that my life was bound to be an epic fail because I won’t be going to an Ivy. Thank you for enlightening me.</p>
<p>(As you can see, CCers can be very snarky).</p>
<p>Posts 4-8…right on! 
:rolleyes:</p>
<p>YAY YAY!</p>
<p>Hey, don’t rain on the OP’s epiphany.</p>
<p>^^TRUE…I read the thread title and felt a huge sigh of relief to learn this!</p>
<p>Yayyay is rightright. Way to gogo!</p>
<p>So does that mean all ivy grads aren’t kajillionaires with 20 houses a ferrari and a private jet?</p>
<p>PS- there is life away from the East coast as well. Millions of Americans do just fine living far from the influences of that part of the country… Different perspectives in different regions.</p>
<p>You mean there are other schools out there? 
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<p>In this economy, if you’re not from an Ivy+Plus school (Ivies/ Stanford/ MIT/ Caltech/ Williams/ Duke/ UChicago/ Amherst/ Northwestern/ JHU/ Georgetown) you will face an incredibly tough job market.</p>
<p>In this economy, if you <em>are</em> from an Ivy+Plus school (Ivies/Stanford/MIT/ Caltech/JHU blah blah blah), you will face an incredibly tough job market.</p>
<p>No difference. It’s tough out there for everyone. Our little 3-person hh has 3 degrees from the above. We are in the same job market as everyone else. Our degrees are a plus factor for us, but that is all that they are. Other people have other plus factors.</p>
<p>You dreamed of Princeton, you’re headed to Stanford. Wonderful for you (I am a Stanford MBA). Does not make you/me a better person than folks headed to “lesser” places. Might as well learn that now.</p>
<p>The job market isn’t that tough( if you pick the right major) For example, my mom just graduated from a non-flagship state school and she got two job offers, she’s a nurse.</p>
<p>My D1’s non-Ivy had ivy, a huge selling point for her…</p>
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<p>And in this economy, if you ARE from an Ivy+PLus school, you will face an incredibly tough job market.</p>