Ivy League

Ivy League admission--indicator, not determiner In 2014, 2.6 million of high school senior students applied to the Ivy League, while only about eight percent of these applicants managed to get in. During the college application season, a large part of the top students and their parents stresses out targeting at one of these eight colleges. It is not exaggeration to say that many parents consider an admission from the Ivy League colleges a ticket to success careers; therefore, they push hard at their own children in order to make sure they have better jobs and higher salaries. After the application season ends, the “winners” who finally get their admission from a Ivy League college would be more than willing to pay high tuition for their…

Ivy league’s have a reputation as being the pinnacle of higher education, so anything being wrong with them would be problematic to people in America. Ivy league’s only let in the most qualified, distinguished students. One would ask what could go wrong mentally with those well educated individuals. However, according to William Deresiewicz, author of “Don’t Send Your Kid to an Ivy League” these schools create limitations but in a social and mental way(202). He explains that the people who get…

Ivy League colleges, an honored set of elite colleges that are assumed to be extremely effective in a young adults future, are, in reality, not as important in a teen’s development as it seems. Attending an Ivy League college is a complicated topic as there are many factors that play a role and should be considered. Some argue that Ivy League colleges can increase success and income. Others, however, think that one's success depends more on their motivations and life experiences. There are many…

really isn’t a one single best university in the world however there is something called Ivy League Universities. No, its not an university that educates you about the plant ‘Ivy’ good try though! Ivy league universities are a group of long-established colleges and universities in the eastern US that have…

College is an important part of a person's life. At college, one discovers who they truly are and develops themselves into adults that are ready for the real world. A person should always attend a school that fosters self-growth, a spirit of friendship and family, as well as a love for learning. College is a big step that comes with many questions such as public or private? large or small? Ivy League or HBCU? This research project will observe, compare, and contrast the differences between the…

might be that there are many different ideas that make up a quality education. Additional, in most responses, it is hard to narrow the definition down to just one main idea; though, the mere question provokes thoughts and ideas about what quality education entails. Besides it being a perceptional view that depends on one’s educational opportunities, financial status, and willingness to pursue and learn continually at a higher level of education; it is a question that has many different responses…

Although Karen Ho, Cathy Davidson, and Azar Nafisi all talk about different societies, the amount of hegemony is directly proportionate to the amount of transgressors. Davidson focuses mainly on the society of children going to school in the United States, Ho speaks for the people who go to Ivy Leagues, and Nafisi 's society is that of the Islamic Republic. While the first two seem more closely related, it is interesting to see how the effects of control being imposed on students at such a young…

Wall Street initiated the Princeton students’ desire to work as bankers by dominating career fairs at Princeton, using its recruiters or political culture, and creating an environment that matched the elite lifestyles that students experience at their colleges. Wall Street influenced students’ minds significantly that Princeton graduates did not consider other professions anymore since they were convinced that “banking firms…[provide] avenues to wealth and power that other professions do not,”…

After high school, most students attend college in order to become qualified for a successful future career. In today’s society, attending a top-rated university or Ivy League institution is seen as the ticket for embarking on such a path. Yet because these programs are so competitive, the application process has become unnecessarily devastating, involving extensive test prep, unending academic pressure, exhaustive hours of extracurricular activities that may or may not earn a student an…

Women cannot vote, have minimal rights, they are not allowed in many Ivy League colleges, are not allowed any professional jobs, and are getting poor pay. Beth was an activist herself against these things. She always puts her “foot down” and demands that she will have the rights that they will not give her just because she is a woman. All of the other girls looked up to her at…