Originally Posted by Anonymous
Originally Posted by Anonymous
Going to an Ivy provides you with access to better jobs in various fields especially finance, media, law. This is an antidote but a girl in our HS ( Top 2 program in Nassau). Got into Harvard with a B average (no clue what her SATs were) studied PHILOSPHY!!!! Went to work at Goldman Sachs for 5-7 years and now is the head of trading at a $20 billion head fund. I work with a girl who went to a mid tier Ivy and frankly admits to me that she would not have gotten in with out lax. She is a portfolio manager. ALL that banks and investment management houses will not look at you for a front offfice whole without pedigree. PERIOD. Ivy gets you that initial access. All this being said.. I am a believer that hard work evens things out throughout life


I'm a believer that if your father, grandfather or uncle is a managing partner at Goldman you will get a job, same goes for the mythical hedge fund job you referenced
it’s really uninformed & inept if you don’t think an ivy education provides one access to better jobs and a better network that you wouldn’t otherwise have at other schools. Tell Becky to submit her Fairfield resume to one of the banks or HFs in the city and come back to me with results.