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Who Needs Harvard?
theodp writes "Slate's Daniel Gross explores why big corporations are hiring fewer Ivy Leaguers. Is it because today's bosses aren't as snowed by polished young Ivy grads as they were in the past? Or are today's Ivy League graduates simply so wealthy that they no longer feel the need to find stable, high-paying jobs at big companies?"
It's because they all get hired by Google these days. :)
quidquid latine dictum sit altum videtur.
Maybe it's because they've realized George Bush not only attended, but actually graduated from an Ivy League School.
James Tiberius Kirk: "Spock, the women on your planet are logical. No other planet in the galaxy can make that claim."
God! The word "job" is forbidden! Don't say it near me!
-Anonymous Third Year College Student
should he have posted a disclaimer? (Cornell, Harvard)
Being alumni of the ivy I can say I have had no real advantage in the direct job market because of my school but the network that I was able to develop while at school is second to none.
You don't know what a social network is until you've spent a couple of years partying at UIUC and taking pictures and videos of all the VIPs to be in compromising situations.
Isn't it, Haaarrvard?
Plastics.
Say what you will about GW Bush; the man is not an intellectual
Hey now, don't misunderestimate him!
You mean "alumnus". "Alumni" is plural, but "alumnus" is singular.
You're missing some commas there.
There is a idiom of ivy arrogance that the only difference between the education you get at Harvard vs other schools is that at other schools you learn about history at Harvard you are taught by the people that made history and sitting in a room with others that will make history.
Gosh, where to start: "a idiom", missing commas, missing "while" before "at Harvard", no capitalization of "Ivy".
They would have thrown me out of CMU for writing like that. Is that another key difference between Harvard and non-Harvard education?
I know, it's just a typo where you hit "er" together when you meant "r" but it's still funny.
If a job's not worth doing, it's not worth doing right.
There is no such thing as a stable job anywhere in the United States today.
No?
Then what is this?
My other account has a 3-digit UID.
Gosh, this is just screaming for comment:
"Being alumni of the ivy"
You as one person are alumni?
"There is a idiom of ivy arrogance"
How many idioms does it take to screw up a article?
Also, thanks for the run-on. I know I'm being a real bitch, but it's funny to see this in the context of whether an Ivy League education is worth it:)
As is posting as an AC once people have properly called you on your Ivy League arrogance and ignorance.
Not Berkley!
Or call it Berserkeley. But get that E in there!
Infuriate left and right
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