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James's avatar

As the graduate of a big state school in the south, I always find the obsession with Ivy+ to be a bit... much.

Everyone I knew in college is successful, employed, and generally functional (graduated '08 into a bad recession!). This spans from people who made millions in the tech industry to doctors, accountants to teachers (me) to artsy-fartsy types who are nonetheless doing fine.

We graduate hundreds of thousands of college students a year, most do not go to Ivy+ or even to moderately selective schools. Why do we insist on pretending that only the top ~50 universities are the pathway to a successful life?

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Karl Gallagher's avatar

Some parents are starting to leave the treadmill. I have a BS and MS from MIT and USC. My kids are getting community college degrees for hands-on trades. I may not impress my fellow alums, but I'll probably have more grandchildren.

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