More to the point, however - if you had to pay the same amount for both - which might you choose? Because a bright kid on scholarship makes that choice.
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More to the point, however - if you had to pay the same amount for both - which might you choose? Because a bright kid on scholarship makes that choice.
Based on some of the Nobel winners in the past, I'm having a hard time equating that with higher intelligence or outstanding mind.
And we're going to have to agree to disagree on the rest of it as well.
I'd choose the college located in a really cool place that I would want to live in after graduation because while you're in school you have opportunities to scout around and intern and make connections. Plus scholarships come with strings that I may or may not want to deal with.
I'm not really sure what you're trying to convey here. Do you think we the taxpayers should be footing the bill for the 6-figure educations of kids who feel that nothing less than an ivy league degree will do? Because that's what we're talking about in this thread.
Also do you believe it's impossible to have a decent life without an ivy league degree?
PeoplesElbow
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Cool a raise!
PeoplesElbow
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Why did your daughter want to go to NYU?
Because it's a hub for the performing arts and a great location to make connections. She wasn't going to learn to act/direct/whatever any better than they could have taught her at Doohickey High, but she would be in a position to network and get in with the in-crowd.
Too bad she didn't take advantage of any of that and flunked herself out.
OccamsRazor
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Was she on scholarship or did you foot the bill yourself?Because it's a hub for the performing arts and a great location to make connections. She wasn't going to learn to act/direct/whatever any better than they could have taught her at Doohickey High, but she would be in a position to network and get in with the in-crowd.
Too bad she didn't take advantage of any of that and flunked herself out.
She had a small scholarship and I paid for the bulk of it. A VERY expensive lesson for me.
PeoplesElbow
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I think networking is over rated, but I'm not in the arts. I think most simply want the reputation that comes with such places.Because it's a hub for the performing arts and a great location to make connections. She wasn't going to learn to act/direct/whatever any better than they could have taught her at Doohickey High, but she would be in a position to network and get in with the in-crowd.
Too bad she didn't take advantage of any of that and flunked herself out.
Had a math professor with a son at Princeton, he basically told us Ivy leagues were all about money, do poorly gou get a B do good you get an A.
Had a friend that went to Berklee music academy, now he sells guitar strings and drum sticks at a podunk music store.
I know several people who got jobs at Pax based on who they knew.
PeoplesElbow
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Me too, several that just sit and wave people into a gate for $30+ an hour.
I never even heard of PAX River till they came to my school recruiting and I decided to go for the free pizza, almost nobody showed and I ended up leaving with two whole pizzas.
PeoplesElbow
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For unskilled labor I supposeNetworking pays off.
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I drove through there once. So I CAN say that.They get to say "I went to Hahvahhhhd!
Well if that's all it takes, I went there too.
PeoplesElbow
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I took a leak at Princeton
We had pretty good BBQ there.
The prettiest campus I've ever seen is Flagler.