2007-02-12 06:56:10 · 12 answers · asked by trer 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Higher Education (University +)
I *lol'd* at Taranto's response. Good one!
Anyway, I think your question is silly. But I'm feeling silly, too, so I'll deign myself to answer. Were you not aware that many of us university graduates will live off the fat of our inherited wealth?
No, I didn't make it to Harvard, Yale or Princeton. But I did go to Berkeley, so according to Taranto, I might just make it to middle-middle class.
But I'd argue that my parents came to this country with enough ambition and talent to make boatloads of money (hording most, but blowing some on a hideous McMansion). Then they used their Old World ways to shove me (their adorable progeny) into years of pointless piano lessons, summer school classes and SAT prep.
So one top tier baccalaureate degree and one masters degree later (with medical school apps in progress), I'm never gonna be poor. Thanks mom and dad!
And girls, all you have to do is KNOW an Ivy alum, and you can go to their mixers. That's top shelf husband shopping!
2007-02-12 11:15:00 · answer #1 · answered by Gumdrop Girl 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No -- you might be able to make it to Upper Middle Class if you went to one of the other Ivies, Duke, Northwestern, Chicago or Stanford. And you might make the middle Middle Class is you go to a great state university like Berkeley, Virginia or Michigan.
But for Ball State, Slippery Rock and Appalachian State -- you might as well just go work in the mines.
BTW -- Students from Oxford and Cambridge would laugh at your provincialism.
2007-02-12 08:00:10 · answer #2 · answered by Ranto 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like you've been reading promotional material from H,Y or P--schools like to claim that they are the cause of the sucess (but not the failure) of their students. Once you are out of school, you will find that real life is different. You may be in the lower middle class--you may be in the upper lower class--you may be wherever--it will be your life. A school on your resume may help you get a job, but it will be up to you to fill it.
2007-02-12 08:52:58 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hell no!! Only those who attend Harvard, Yale or Princeton feel that way about the rest of us.
2007-02-12 06:59:16 · answer #4 · answered by Doogie 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No, why would you think that? Not everyone can afford to go to these schools but that doesn't make us losers. Maybe the losers just ride on the inheritances of relatives to get them through life. Take a look at some of these wealthy families, they have some real nut cases in them.
2007-02-12 09:11:37 · answer #5 · answered by Lola 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, I didn't go to any of these and do not consider myself as inferior to people who did. I worked in health care for 35 years and came in contact with all sorts of people and professions. One thing that I discovered was that no matter what a person education was , they were limited to that. try asking a highly qualified person to change a fuse, or replace a washer in a faucet and they would probably be lost and have to call in an electrician or a plumber.
2007-02-12 07:07:00 · answer #6 · answered by whyme? 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Is that a joke?!?!?! Obviously you wont be a failure if you don't go to one of those ivy league schools! Many colleges and universities have just as much credibility in certain areas.
2007-02-12 07:12:14 · answer #7 · answered by breck_boarder 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Of course not. On the other hand, do not drop out of high school or you will definitely have problems with people thinking you are a failure.
2007-02-12 07:05:01 · answer #8 · answered by Denise T 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No. You actually have a far greater chance of being successful, and a much, much lower chance of being a boring, pompous @ss. :-)
2007-02-12 07:04:40 · answer #9 · answered by jeepdrivr 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Hell no!!! I see it other way!
No offense but, it's harder to get anywhere yourself, cos getting there and from there mostly the result of parents work.
2007-02-12 07:16:04 · answer #10 · answered by mpank2000 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋