Ivy League Softball

[anonlooker]

You get out of it what you put in to it. Goes for life, education, frosty mugs, shot glasses, etc.

[as the world turns]

Penn Softball makes ESPN Top 10 plays yesterday.

#2 in fact. That's a win in and of itself.

http://youtu.be/aI89ztRAUQ4

The girl making the play is the same one who hit the 2run HR that staked Penn a 2-0 lead over Mighty Arizona. Penn held a 2-1 lead until the bottom 7 with 2 outs.

They made a believer out of me. The first baseman got the kudos, but I loved the way the 2nd baseman played, she made some great plays. Candera's look on his face during the game was classic. I was pulling for Penn to pull off the shocker.

[jonriv]

The A&M girls could have been a little kinder to the Penn girls- the TAMU girls may be interviewed for their 1 st jobs out of school by the girls they beat up on tonight.

Here is the reality, fellas
http://theivylie.wordpress.com/

This is what its really about DD
http://www.payscale.com/college-education-value-2013

Let's go to the bottom line- instead of reading about some whiny cry-babies that overpaid for a fine arts or sociology degree

Lies, damn lies and statistics.

Tough when facts get in the way

I went to a State College that prided itself and was hailed by many publications as"Public Ivy" I prided myself in spending so much less for a great education. I tbelieve the education I got was as good if not better in some ways than at an Ivy. I even got into a management trainee program at a major financial irm(the only non-ivy leaguer, but what II found out through out my years in corporate life is that I could never match the Brand name of the Ivies. Most of the major financials hire almost exclusibvely from the Ivies for their interns and later their future leaders, There is some cache to sayung "Our interns are allIvy leaguers" It may not be fair, it may not be right- but it just is. A degree from an Ivy may not guarantee a great job or a career, but it will get you a look and is certainly and advantage.

[Dugout Dad]

The A&M girls could have been a little kinder to the Penn girls- the TAMU girls may be interviewed for their 1 st jobs out of school by the girls they beat up on tonight.

Here is the reality, fellas
http://theivylie.wordpress.com/

This is what its really about DD
http://www.payscale.com/college-education-value-2013

Let's go to the bottom line- instead of reading about some whiny cry-babies that overpaid for a fine arts or sociology degree

Lies, damn lies and statistics.

Tough when facts get in the way

I went to a State College that prided itself and was hailed by many publications as"Public Ivy" I prided myself in spending so much less for a great education. I tbelieve the education I got was as good if not better in some ways than at an Ivy. I even got into a management trainee program at a major financial irm(the only non-ivy leaguer, but what II found out through out my years in corporate life is that I could never match the Brand name of the Ivies. Most of the major financials hire almost exclusibvely from the Ivies for their interns and later their future leaders, There is some cache to sayung "Our interns are allIvy leaguers" It may not be fair, it may not be right- but it just is. A degree from an Ivy may not guarantee a great job or a career, but it will get you a look and is certainly and advantage.

I think you will find that The Ivy's have more influence back East than on the West Coast. Stanford, UCLA, USC, Cal Tech, Santa Clara and other privates and other UC's have equal influence out here. That was the way it was during my early corporate HR years.

[jonriv]

The A&M girls could have been a little kinder to the Penn girls- the TAMU girls may be interviewed for their 1 st jobs out of school by the girls they beat up on tonight.

Here is the reality, fellas
http://theivylie.wordpress.com/

This is what its really about DD
http://www.payscale.com/college-education-value-2013

Let's go to the bottom line- instead of reading about some whiny cry-babies that overpaid for a fine arts or sociology degree

Lies, damn lies and statistics.[/quote


Tough when facts get in the way

I went to a State College that prided itself and was hailed by many publications as"Public Ivy" I prided myself in spending so much less for a great education. I tbelieve the education I got was as good if not better in some ways than at an Ivy. I even got into a management trainee program at a major financial irm(the only non-ivy leaguer, but what II found out through out my years in corporate life is that I could never match the Brand name of the Ivies. Most of the major financials hire almost exclusibvely from the Ivies for their interns and later their future leaders, There is some cache to sayung "Our interns are allIvy leaguers" It may not be fair, it may not be right- but it just is. A degree from an Ivy may not guarantee a great job or a career, but it will get you a look and is certainly and advantage.

I think you will find that The Ivy's have more influence back East than on the West Coast. Stanford, UCLA, USC, Cal Tech, Santa Clara and other privates and other UC's have equal influence out here. That was the way it was during my early corporate HR years.

Probably true, but I think the Ivies carry more of a reputation out West than the schools you mentioned do in the East(Stanford being the obvious exception)