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re: Student turns down all 8 Ivy League Schools for the University of Alabama
Posted on 5/15/15 at 9:42 am to thunderbird1100
Posted on 5/15/15 at 9:42 am to thunderbird1100
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So they're going to Alabama because they couldn't afford any Ivy league school.
Or because their career path marginalizes the importance of an Ivy undergraduate degree...
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Posted on 5/15/15 at 9:42 am to StopRobot
I hate Alabama, but you have to admire this pick-up by their university.
As for this young man, kuddos to you for taking a different path to your success. You have taken a path less traveled by, and that will make all the difference.
As for this young man, kuddos to you for taking a different path to your success. You have taken a path less traveled by, and that will make all the difference.
Posted on 5/15/15 at 9:43 am to STLhog
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He could go to Ivy League and make that the second he graduates.
Huh? Maybe for some people / majors. Making 150k right out of college would be a major outlier anywhere.
Posted on 5/15/15 at 9:44 am to STLhog
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Cool. Probably making like 150k max.
My company pays our lawyer $265 an hour, so yeah, they can make way more than that.
This post was edited on 5/15/15 at 9:44 am
Posted on 5/15/15 at 9:44 am to StopRobot
what an idiot.
Posted on 5/15/15 at 9:45 am to StopRobot
He's not as smart as he seems at first glance then. 
Seriously, I think the best word to describe this is "idiotic." Not stupid, but dumb in an idiosyncratic kind of way.
Seriously, I think the best word to describe this is "idiotic." Not stupid, but dumb in an idiosyncratic kind of way.
Posted on 5/15/15 at 9:45 am to StopRobot
I chose attending Alabama on a full ride over attending an elite school and I'm perfectly happy with my decision. I don't have any debt to speak of and had a job waiting for me before graduating. While attending an Ivy would provide him with a network of very connected people, there's nothing dumb about getting paid to attend a state school and going to work or going to an elite grad program afterwards with an assistantship. The types of activities students engage in (research, internships, etc.) define a college experience far more than the name of the school or SES of your fellow students-- at least as far as your resume is concerned. Unless you're insecure and want a big name to make you feel good, I'll take the free ride over the mountain of debt every time.
Posted on 5/15/15 at 9:46 am to STLhog
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He could go to Ivy League and make that the second he graduates
My former tenant got his PhD from Harvard and made 65k as a professor in Landscape Arch. He's now teaching at Harvard making slightly more.
You sound like a young, entitled, and unwise dude.
eta: His undergrad was from Harvard too.
This post was edited on 5/15/15 at 9:48 am
Posted on 5/15/15 at 9:46 am to Eric Nies Grind Time
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Huh? Maybe for some people / majors. Making 150k right out of college would be a major outlier anywhere.
Assuming he doesn't go to an Ivy League and major in liberal arts.
Big Bank analysts pull 120-150 the second they graduate.
Posted on 5/15/15 at 9:46 am to StopRobot
I find some of this story not to be totally truthful but I'm not sure who is fibbing. No schools on the planet offer more financial aid than Ivy league schools and Harvard leads the way in this by a bunch. If the kid was having to take out student loans to go everywhere else then that means, most likely, his parents couldn't afford to pay, which also means his Harvard education for 4 years would have been totally free or next to free. This story doesn't quite jive with me.
Posted on 5/15/15 at 9:47 am to STLhog
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Where is he going to go work with that Bama degree?
It ain't going to be somewhere in New York or Silicon Valley.
I have a my degree from UA and I work in New York. Silly bitch.
Posted on 5/15/15 at 9:47 am to jbond
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While attending an Ivy would provide him with a network of very connected people, there's nothing dumb about getting paid to attend a state school and going to work or going to an elite grad program afterwards with an assistantship
Replace Alabama with Auburn. Would you still feel the same way? If not, please STFU.
Posted on 5/15/15 at 9:47 am to dagrippa
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My former tenant got his PhD from Harvard and made 65k as a professor in Landscape Arch. He's now teaching at Harvard making slightly more.
Obviously I wasn't referring to that profession.
Posted on 5/15/15 at 9:47 am to cyde
You Muddafawkaaaaa..... I thought we were bros???
Posted on 5/15/15 at 9:47 am to TxTiger82
I have a friend who was in a similar situation exiting high school. He took the free undergrad and is now at Yale Law. If he'd gone to any Ivy for his bachelors, he still would've gotten into YLS, he'd just have almost 200K more in loans.
Posted on 5/15/15 at 9:48 am to dagrippa
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PhD from Harvard
Nobody gets a PhD for the money, duh.
Posted on 5/15/15 at 9:49 am to STLhog
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Big Bank analysts pull 120-150 the second they graduate.
He's planning to be a doctor.
Posted on 5/15/15 at 9:49 am to StopRobot
good for him, besides just being book smart he seems to have some common sense as well.
he was in a win/win situation and i don't see how this hurts him in any way.
he was in a win/win situation and i don't see how this hurts him in any way.
Posted on 5/15/15 at 9:49 am to TxTiger82
I almost went to Auburn because they offered a similar package. You could replace Alabama with almost any flagship state school and it's still a smart financial move.
Posted on 5/15/15 at 9:50 am to artompkins
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No schools on the planet offer more financial aid than Ivy league schools
This was the first thing that popped into my head.
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