Tired of the word "Prestige?"

<p>For me it was scary to have a summer internship where everyone at the firm went to one of 7 schools and this is the case for the whole industry. I have 2 uncles who lost their jobs and havn’t found new ones in more than a year. Yet my parents and their friends who went to ivies seem more secure and able to offer their kids things like great schools. Every magazine cover tells us how much harder it’s going to be than it was for our parents. I go to a school where it’s painfully obvious how much bgetter preparedkids from other countries, especially Asian ones, are. Making the cut at a top college having busted your butt for as long as you can remember is incredibly hard, even with top grades and scores, is real life easier? When you grow up places like NYC, you see the huge divide between the haves and the have nots. In all honesty, most kids I know are terrified of having a degree from a mediocre school.</p>