[quote=flyer]Very informative, nla. In our neighborhood (RSF), for better or worse, it’s pretty much “Ivy or bust” land. As I’ve heard from friends, even then, things don’t always work out as planned, so there are still no guarantees as far as career outcomes are concerned.
So far, so good, for the two of our three kids who graduated from Ivies, and I wish your daughter the best.[/quote]
Yes, no guaranteed outcome…Some friends of mine from UC who came from sorta wealthy families didn’t get into Stanford either and also have the ivy or bust mentality. Going to UC at the prep schools they went to was embarrassing and those people I know all had help buying their homes too (massive downpayment help which I had none of)…
Another reason I am more jaded in my view of UC in general and what you get upon graduating….
Again, there will be success stories, but I’m sure we can find just as much success stories from Stanford, Harvard, etc…
EDIT: Wanted to add:
Also wanted to add that if you also and really look up the success stories of a lot of the people in business, a lot came from at least upper middle class incomes with certainly some help.
Even Facebook Zuck had a sister who went to Harvard already and he went himself so I’m assuming he certainly wasn’t poor (again, I didn’t even apply to private schools)…
Gates dad was a high powered lawyer, also Harvard…
Steve Jobs dropped out of Reed College which is a 1908 private university who apparently has their own nuclear reactor for research now… http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reed_College
Point I am trying to make is money, parents, access, (which private schools/ivys) have more of compared to UCs with their constant budget issues is a better long term business/financial success environment than standard UC…
