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Aren't these the same sorts of people that claim it's not the end of the world if you don't get into an Ivy? What's up with that anyway? You'd think I'm going
by akhilcacharya 6y ago
Aren't these the same sorts of people that claim it's not the end of the world if you don't get into an Ivy? What's up with that anyway?
You'd think I'm going to be downtrodden for life because I went to a state school.
- marcusverus 6y agoAccording to this random site[0][1], the income difference between Yale undergrads vs. those from a top Public school like Michigan is 44K in income per year (10 years after graduation). Obviously there is a good bit of selection bias at play, but I can't imagine the true 'cost' of being denied Ivy admission is trivial monetarily, not to mention the social/interpersonal boost that would come along with it. [0]https://www.collegesimply.com/colleges/michigan/university-of-michigan-ann-arbor/outcomes/ https://www.collegesimply.com/colleges/michigan/university-o... [1]https://www.collegesimply.com/colleges/connecticut/yale-university/outcomes https://www.collegesimply.com/colleges/connecticut/yale-univ...
- akhilcacharya 6y agoI see. Do you think I'm permanently setback because of this? What can I do if I can't get into grad school with a 3.92 GPA and just 2 2nd author papers?
- mav3rick 6y agoGo to a corner and cry yourself to sleep.
- marcusverus 6y agoI'm suggesting that you are statistically likely to miss out on a significant monetary 'Ivy League premium' over your career, and that you will certainly miss out on a social 'Ivy League premium', which could affect your social status, mating opportunities (as silly as that sounds), and more. Because it is a statistical observation, it does not necessarily have any bearing on your outcomes as an individual--though it seems likely that it does.
- akhilcacharya 6y agoyikes. What should I do? Or should I just resign myself to being, as you've implied, an inferior human?
- mav3rick 6y agoYes.