<p>What is the difference between a Yale degree verses a degree at another college?</p>
<p>The difference comes in what you do with it, not the name.
I mean, you could have a Yale degree, and work at McDonalds.
Or you could get a degree from a community college and own Mcdonalds.
I really depends on you, the name comes after.</p>
<p>nothing really…up to you, as joyogunx said very eloquently.</p>
<p>it’ll give you a leg up…but that leg’s going to break if you’re discovered to be a slacker/loser/jerk.</p>
<p>kelis: you posted this same question on every Ivy college forum. Can I ask if this is genuine interest? Being a ■■■■■/firebrand? Research paper? Seeing if you can get witty/humble/snobby replies?</p>
<p>What do YOU think is the benefit of a Yale degree?</p>
<p>You can get a B.A. at nearly all of the hundreds of colleges in the US, the difference is in the four years leading up to it. A kid who goes to Yale and a kid who goes non-ivy will [can, I guess] both get degrees, but will they have had the same experiences? Absolutely not.</p>
<p>wow, you made a new account just to post this on the ivy forums… I really dont think you have to worry about what Yale will give you</p>
<p>The scratch-and-sniff.</p>
<p>My dad actually told me he looks reticently at applicants who have a big-name degree; he’s worried that they’ll demand a higher salary than those from a lesser-known college.</p>
<p>For perspective, he went to UCLA and makes almost six figures… and the person above him on the ladder went to Chico State. It really is about who you are.</p>
<p>While I agree that your future definitely depends on who you are, don’t discount the value of a good education. By dint of its prestige and its huge endowment, Yale is able to have better professors and facilities than the vast majority of colleges. And don’t discount the value of an Alumni network full of incredibly intelligent people who went before you.</p>
<p>So yes, how your future turns out is definitely on you, but a Yale education is better than an education at most other schools.</p>
<p>Depends on what you plan on doing after. Some industries/jobs look very favorably on a degree from Yale, and it would certainly give you an advantage… others don’t care as much. If it matters at all it’ll only matter for your first job or two… after that, your success will probably be measured on what you do and how you do it.</p>
<p>^ That is completely false khaki. That is the common misconception with many applicants to ivy league schools. Ivy league schools are not the best because they have great undergraduate programs but the fact that they have great graduate programs and a huge alumni base and endowment. The education is not “better” at ivy league schools but different. College education is all about what YOU put into it. If I go to an ivy league school and just take the classes for my diploma and grade but don’t take anything out of it, I’m not better off than a community college kid who also just is out for his diploma. If you go to a non ivy league school, you can receive just as great an education there than from any ivy league school. </p>
<p>The biggest advantage to ivy league schools (despite what anyone says or thinks) is the name recognition and alumni/endowment base.</p>
<p>I agree with you that the Ivies are focused on their graduate schools, but I also totally reject the idea that an Ivy league education is “no better” than an education at a community college. Assuming the student is equally motivated at both institutes (which is a stretch to begin with… would you be more motivated at Yale or your local community college?), then they can certainly get more out of an education at a place that has the resources Yale has.</p>
<p>Obviously your last part is true because ivy league kids tend to be more motivated than community college kids and obviously community college can only go so far. But let’s compare a more relative example… say a top public state school (University of Virginia) to Cornell/Yale/ whatever. Does it really matter where you attend school if you are very motivated and will use the most of the resources available to you at either school? No, but will it help you to have name recognition and alumni connections at the ivy league school? Yes.</p>
<p>I think that’s a pretty fair assessment, but I still disagree that “it doesn’t matter” where you go to school. At the very least, the difference in class size between Yale and a huge state school is significant. On a related note, no classes at Yale are taught my graduate students, whereas I’m pretty sure they tend to teach quite a few classes at state schools.</p>
<p>Sorry disasterous. As a student who went to UC Berkeley for two years and then transferred to Yale, I can tell you firsthand there is a pretty significant difference in the quality of undergraduate education here. There are definitely opportunities at both, and you could certainly make the most of any situation… however, the resources Yale has per student is incredible. Also, I think the large publics tend to focus way more on their graduate students than the Ivies, rather than the other way around (at least in my experience with UC Berkeley and Yale).</p>
<p>MagiTF, </p>
<p>There is a thread in the Parents Forum about education at top privates versus honors at a top publics where your perspective on the differences in the student experience between two schools with top departments in many fields would be very welcome. </p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parents-forum/594472-classes-harder-just-harder-get.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parents-forum/594472-classes-harder-just-harder-get.html</a> </p>
<p>As the economy unravels many parents are looking harder at these choices. Only older and more experienced adults can really speak to whether the differences discussed in that thread seem to have lasting personal benefits, but we parents would all like our children to get some joy out of the college experience. For some students that may be the opportunity to get cheap tickets to great college sports games, but for others that may be the opportunity for a once in a lifetime four years in an exciting intellectual atmosphere.</p>