Has anyone here gone to an Ivy League school?

[My Fair Lady]

Posted: 10/26/05 at 9:25pm

I'm curious (and I'm posting it here because chances are, you don't post on the student board) because my top three choices for college are Yale, Harvard and Brown. Columbia also falls somewhere on my top 10.

[singingsweetee82]

Posted: 10/26/05 at 9:34pm

Yale was my top choice too, and I almost went to Columbia. The school I ended up going to is not technically an Ivy, but we think it's better that way Anyway if you want details you can PM me.

[son_of_a_gunn_25]

Posted: 10/26/05 at 9:38pm

Updated On: 1/5/09 at 09:38 PM

[BlueWizard]

Posted: 10/26/05 at 9:38pm

Question: Does Ivy League status really make a difference, especially if you're just studying the liberal arts? Will an employer really choose one person who majored in Philosophy over another, just because (s)he went to an Ivy League school?

[son_of_a_gunn_25]

Posted: 10/26/05 at 9:41pm

Updated On: 1/5/09 at 09:41 PM

[My Fair Lady]

Posted: 10/26/05 at 9:45pm

Thanks to the people who responded. I guess I was just curious. It's not the Ivy League status that really matters, it's just that my top 3 schools happen to be Ivy League, and I was sorta curious to see if anyone here went to an Ivy League school.

[ashley0139]

Posted: 10/26/05 at 9:53pm

My father went to Yale and loved it. He advocates it to anyone who will listen.

[WithoutATrace]

Posted: 10/26/05 at 9:58pm

Cornell grad here. Got a fabulous education and made a bunch of great friends. It also helped me land an incredible job right out of college. If you don't like snow though, this may not be the school for you. Good luck and have a wonderful 4 years!

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 10/26/05 at 10:11pm

I'm currently at one... I'm a pretty happy camper.

[JerseyGirl2]

Posted: 10/26/05 at 10:18pm

I didn't go the Ivy League route, but I might as well have. My friends that went to Harvard loved their college experience while my friends that went to Columbia thought it was overrated. I guess it just depends on the person going.

Isn't it odd that the top eight most expensive schools in the US aren't Ivy League at all? Landmark and Sarah Lawrence are the top two. Landmark caters to students with learning disabilities.

[NYadgal]

Posted: 10/26/05 at 10:20pm

Columbia for Graduate school. Two different programs/degrees.

Excellent education.

Updated On: 10/26/05 at 10:20 PM

[My Fair Lady]

Posted: 10/26/05 at 10:25pm

Hmm...I'm glad to ehar that people enjyoed their Ivy League experiences. I was a little scared, based on what son_of_a_gunn told me. And Emcee-what school?

[ElphieDefiesGravity]

Posted: 10/26/05 at 10:26pm

I'm hoping to be at Columbia next year, but we'll see if that happens. I honestly keep forgetting it's an Ivy League school!

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 10/26/05 at 10:29pm

Barnard, MFL. Columbia, basically.

[orangeskittles]

Posted: 10/26/05 at 10:31pm

Random fact: Did you know Cornell was the only Ivy League school that founded after the American Revolution?

I intentionally avoided Ivy League schools; the competition is too ridiculous. Not to deter you, obviously I know many people that got in them, but I just didn't want to bother with that.

Updated On: 10/26/05 at 10:31 PM

[thetheatrekook]

Posted: 10/26/05 at 10:33pm

not me, but my younger brother does (the big green!) he loves it.

[BlueWizard]

Posted: 10/26/05 at 11:29pm

Now, what exactly do people love about them? Is it the quality of education from the professors, the academic resources, the student services, rubbing shoulders with the rich, or the parties? We don't have Ivy Leagues in Canada, so I'm curious as to what the fuss is about. I mean, if George Bush can graduate from Yale, then it certainly doesn't look well on the school, does it?

[orangeskittles]

Posted: 10/26/05 at 11:33pm

I think a lot of the appeal is the history and the prestige of a big name. I mean, everyone in the western world knows what a big deal Harvard is. You can't really say the same about SUNY Oswego.

[shira467]

Posted: 10/26/05 at 11:38pm

I go to Columbia. I like it!

[PalJoey]

Posted: 10/26/05 at 11:38pm

Ivy here, but it's not where you go that counts; it's what you do while you're there.

[brdlwyr]

Posted: 10/26/05 at 11:44pm

What counts is when an Ivy becomes a teacher to strangers!

[Dre2387]

Posted: 10/26/05 at 11:47pm

not in an Ivy League but a school that is rising up and could be at that level in about 10 years.

Dickinson College. great study abroad program if you are interested in that. you can go anywhere you want.

Updated On: 10/26/05 at 11:47 PM

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 10/26/05 at 11:47pm

I think the strangest thing about it all is that "Ivy League" is an athletic term.

[Pinguin]

Posted: 10/26/05 at 11:47pm

I have a friend at Harvard now, and it totally weirds me out, because I figure Harvard is one of those places that doesn't ACTUALLY exist -But apparently she goes there and enjoys it very much.

[orangeskittles]

Posted: 10/26/05 at 11:49pm

Heh, my grandpa went to Harvard and he always said the Ivy League was established to give the schools a chance to win in sports. Because they were so academically prestigious, not enough people were interested in or good at athletics, so the teams always sucked.