Did going to an Ivy League college make a huge difference to your status/life?
08-28-2011, 03:53 PM
I guess this is for most of the Yanks's out there.
As a Brit ,when I was in the US I was amazed at how much people were hot on going to college in general, but Ivy League in particular.
It was as if you couldn't get anywhere decent in life without it.For certain professions I know that's true.
Is there an Ivy league old school tie thing going on there?Much like Oxford/Cambridge dominance of certain professions here i.e. journalism,law.
If you went to an Ivy League do you feel that merely attending has eased your way in life and boosted your confidence?
Did more panties go "Ping" when you mentioned to a young lady which college you attended?
Up until the last 5 - 10 years or so,it wasn't that big a deal to go to university here in the UK;until the last Labour government had the goal of sending 50% of school leavers.
Pretty ridiculous ambition...as we're now finding out here with all the Mickey Mouse degrees they're coming out with....Media Studies anyone?
But,I can see now, years later ,how the cache of Oxbridge would have made quite a difference and opened doors which are now firmly barred.
As a Brit ,when I was in the US I was amazed at how much people were hot on going to college in general, but Ivy League in particular.
It was as if you couldn't get anywhere decent in life without it.For certain professions I know that's true.
Is there an Ivy league old school tie thing going on there?Much like Oxford/Cambridge dominance of certain professions here i.e. journalism,law.
If you went to an Ivy League do you feel that merely attending has eased your way in life and boosted your confidence?
Did more panties go "Ping" when you mentioned to a young lady which college you attended?
Up until the last 5 - 10 years or so,it wasn't that big a deal to go to university here in the UK;until the last Labour government had the goal of sending 50% of school leavers.
Pretty ridiculous ambition...as we're now finding out here with all the Mickey Mouse degrees they're coming out with....Media Studies anyone?
But,I can see now, years later ,how the cache of Oxbridge would have made quite a difference and opened doors which are now firmly barred.