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Ode to all the 'arrogant' ivy league idiots |
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Reply to Rant and Others |
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08/22/1999 |
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Thank you, that is very sound advice. To give you some background on me and why I have made my choices... before undergrad I wanted to just go to law school and practice law. I also was slightly interested in business, so I decided to go with business for undergrad, then go straight into law school and practice law. Since then, I have worked in two different banks (as interns in commercial departments) and I have grown to love finance also. I -banking combines everything that I am iterested in. I no longer want to practice law, but I still want to study it. As far as Harvard goes, I wanted to go there for law school. But since they have an excellent B-school as well, then it seems like the most logical first choice. I am not saying Harvard or nothing else, but only that I would like to go to Harvard. I would be happy to go to Chicago or Columbia. Thanks for your advice. Let me ask a question though. I have the opportunity to go through a commercial banking program for credit analysts/underwriters. Would that be a good spring board to get into Harvard after the two year program is over, or should I try to do accounting with AA or E&Y? What is your opinion? I know that I have a lot of questions and don't know much, but I am trying to map out the next 10 years of my life and just want to find the best way to acheive my goals in life. THANKS! |
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Reading the eb and flow of this thread makes interesting and amusing reading to those of us outside the US. It seems to me that the US system of private Universities (ie: available to the wealthy only) produces the lowest average level. You are obliged to have GMAT's etc to enable ranking, but then some able students are precluded due to lack of funds. Thus, 'the best' students do not necessarily come from the 'Ivy League' schools. Perhaps you should look to the Uni's in France, South Africa, Germany, Australia where academic excellence is the requirement to get in, not financial means.
Additionally, it seems that higher degrees do not provide the graduate with the ability to spell correctly if these threads are anything to go by.
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