re: So my daughter has received interest from an Ivy League school

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as long as your daughter majors in an applied science or STEM category, it would be worth it. Here is where I disagree 100 percent. If you major in a STEM field and make good grades, you'll be fine no matter where you go. The difference for Ivy League grads is what happens if you major in Art History, English, or some other liberal arts field. Wall Street is full of female Art history majors with degrees from Yale and Princeton. Why? I never quite got it, but for some reason, they prefer that to kids with finance degrees from SEC schools. Hell, some of the best kids at UNC were fighting over second tier jobs that weren't all that appealing to kids 8 miles away who were probably less qualified. It never made much sense to me.

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Nailed it.

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I read only the first couple of pages of this thread but I saw some posts about Ivy League schools being liberal indoctrination centers and I had to laugh.

This seems very typical of message boards, where everyone is an expert, regardless of actual experience or background.

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It's pretty silly. The professors are likely no more "liberal" than those at LSU.

How many here think they were gullible enough to get "indoctrinated" in college? How many were smart enough to get basically a full ride to Princeton?

Stupid concern.

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So my daughter has received interest from an Ivy League school
Princeton, to be exact.

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That must suck

The idea that you are desiring for your daughter to pass up for your purposes shows you falling behind the box of rocks each moment of the race. Your cost barely rises to the level of out of state tuition at the cheap universities in most state run institution in most states. Your daughters desires should definitely be paid more attention than the wallet when is all shakes out. Dislike the gift she is being offered all you want to with all of your heart the piece of paper that she will get will be worth a small pot of gold when all is done.

you did a much better job spelling out what i was trying to imply with my cryptic posts

One last anecdote that may help with the whole indoctrination angle...

There was a huge controversy at my college about a statement signed by 88 professors over an incident that was later revealed to be a hoax. The faculty were duped by a person who is now serving life in prison for attempted murder and the students targeted in the statement ended up receiving millions of dollars from the school (I think I dropped enough hints that everyone knows what I'm talking about).

I took classes from four of those faculty before they signed statement. They taught classes ranging from a mandatory Freshman writing class to Intermediate French to a class on city planning and design. I vehemently disagree with them about the content of the statement, and to this day, I am shocked and disappointed they signed it.

They were also among the best professors I had in terms of student engagement and knowledge of the material. They never brought politics into the classroom.

My experience wasn't 100% universal, but among friends, there was only one case that was a stark difference. His professor was a huge dick about political views and talking down to students with certain views. Fwiw, that professor is an "academic star" who has been in documentaries, wrote a book with a Marxist who may have assassinated the former Italian prime minister, and was making a very nice salary. In other words, he had a certain attitude of arrogance from his lofty position, which is not typical of any kind of faculty.

Also my friend deliberately took his class because he heard negative things about the professor and wanted to see if it was true.

I am halfway expecting someone to post my initials or something to mess with me

At least I didn't put any of my high school info here

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I admitted ignorance on such matters, and my concerns have been satisfied.

I talked to her last night and this morning over breakfast and told her if she wanted to pursue it, we would be behind her, but to my ignorance, she's not a shoe-in for admittance, no matter what her counselor has told her.

I had to go to a shitty school like MSU. She doesn't. I have always told her that she is not limited to MSU or Ole Miss, and if anything, I have had a bias against that. I grew up dirt poor and in a shithole small town. First in my family to go to college. MSU served me well enough to change my family tree. But I am still ignorant when it comes to selective college admission procedures. I do know this, by the end of 2014, I will be an expert.

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. No matter what happens or where she ends up, best of luck to her

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I talked to her last night and this morning over breakfast and told her if she wanted to pursue it, we would be behind her, but to my ignorance, she's not a shoe-in for admittance, no matter what her counselor has told her.

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It seems like your daughter will have her choice of many schools in any case. I envy that.

Definitely. We were just going by what the high school counselor was saying. I've read enough here and online to figure out that "qualified and invited to apply" doesn't mean squat. I did not know that when I started this thread.

But she's a strong prospect if she wants to go that route. If not, she has great options down South as well. Thanks.