Ivy league or non Ivy league? , How important is the kind of school you go to?
By ronnyb
@ronnyb (6113)
Jamaica
December 8, 2008 7:52am CST
In many places there are some schools which are classified as "good " or "Ivy league" and normally persons would give a arm and a leg to get in. I must admit that these schools usually turn out good students at least by their exam passes. Now my question is how much does your school contribute to the quality of the students? Is it possible that the these schools only turn out good students because they get the crème de la crème already ?.What is the so called "ordinary schools” got the caliber students and support both financial and moral support that these "brand name schools " got, isn’t it possible for them to do well too ?
There is another advantage to going to these schools, the past schools student normally look out for each other. Consequently if you go to look for work in a company owned by say a past student from Harvard, he is likely to give the nod to applicant who is from Harvard .
What do you think? Would you send your son or daughter to a non Ivy League school if you had an option?
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3 responses
@tecspring (10)
• China
8 Dec 08
Let's face the reality, students from the Ivy league, will have more opportunities that students from the "ordinary schools".
Many famous businessman, governors always visit their schools, they can get good advice, they have people to help them open up their eyes. For example Steven Jobs has ever gone to stanford to give a speech, that's for sure he do not have time to visit a "ordinary school".
I'm not meaning ordinary school is bad, a guy's future is always in his own hand.
But it maybe easier to be achievement if you are from a "good school".
@rvangeld (334)
• United States
10 Dec 08
I honestly believe that it is of the opinion of the student, if you are talking about colleges. I may have been able to get into a big school, but I grounded myself, still live at home with my parents and going to school twenty minutes away. If someone were to say that I would not be able to have a good job, I would be very angry. I am in a major where you take chemistry, biology, physics, and other main science classes. With this major, I could become a dentist, a doctor, a nurse, a vet, many things in the medical field. I believe that that makes me very well accomplished. I did not need a fancy school to accomplish big things, I have myself. I have always had a goal in mind, and one day, I would like to have a Ph.D. It is a choice I had, not choosing the fancier schools. I am creating my dream at ASU, a University, but not Ivy League, at least I do not believe it is. I could be mistaken. I think is someone goes to a fancier school, sometimes it is just to be able to brag about it to other people, although for others, it is really their dream college. I believe that a student should choose their dream and follow it, no matter where it takes them.
@suzzy3 (8341)
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9 Dec 08
Over in England in some areas we have grammer schools where the so called bright ones go and they are elitist,you have to pass the an exam called the 11plus but that is only in some areas otherwise it is all secondary schools according to your area,My son goes to a secondary school which just happen to be very good and he is fifteen and already has six gcse's exams which mean he can stay on and take A-levels which will get him into university,he will take another 7 GCSE's in the new year which should add up to thirteen so yes he has done very well,if the child really shows he wants to learn they will work all hours for them,four nights last week he did not get home till about six o'clock doing extra lessons ,he normally gets home about four so it is a long day,most of the kids in his year group are doing extremely well and looks like it is going to be a record for exam results this year.There are private schools which cost thousands a year to send your kid to right out of our pocket. Abit like your Harvard ect a backdoor in for the rich .
