Ivy League, how did you get in or get the kids in?

[rivrrts429]

Ok so you want the real answer here it is....I have helped hundreds of families move on to the next level be it jc, d1 2 3 naia. I have had numerous go on to play in the IVY league....

When it comes to IVY league everyone is smart. everyone has 4.6 and above GPAs they are all part of the National Honors Society, they are all in ASB, they all score well in the SAT and ACT ( I have one player who just finished at Cornell who missed 1 on the SAT.), they all do community service. What sets the IVY league kids apart from the rest is there SPIKE. There is something they do that makes them stand out from the other 50000 applications. They need a story. Starting a business in HS. Building homes for chinese immigrants in mexico. being on a las vegas black jack team, a big research study(These IB programs are amazing). Or you know an alumni or can donate 25 million for a new building.

4.0 gpa and clubs are the norm these days......theres millions of kids doing that....

Spot on. Great info.

 

[530RL]

With respect to GPA expectations, us old guys still chuckle at GPA’s of 4.X out of 4.0. It defies sixth grade math.

Talk about lowering expectations and the associated grade inflation. There were no AP classes. There were just classes. And an A was hard to get as it was only achieved by a couple students in each class.

The thought of having a “substandard”, or a lower expectation class and an AP class is something to this day I can’t wrap my head around.

Can you imagine a company that has a regular factory and an AP factory? An aviation manufacturer with a regular flight software office and a AP flight software office? Who would want to buy products from the regular factory? Or fly on the jet with software from the regular flight software office?

 

[whiteworks]

With respect to GPA expectations, us old guys still chuckle at GPA’s of 4.X out of 4.0. It defies sixth grade math.

Talk about lowering expectations and the associated grade inflation. There were no AP classes. There were just classes. And an A was hard to get as it was only achieved by a couple students in each class.

The thought of having a “substandard”, or a lower expectation class and an AP class is something to this day I can’t wrap my head around.

Can you imagine a company that has a regular factory and an AP factory? An aviation manufacturer with a regular flight software office and a AP flight software office? Who would want to buy products from the regular factory? Or fly on the jet with software from the regular flight software office?

There will always be a market for substandard people and products, simple economics and people’s ability to be cheap insures that

Imagine if you were able to give people an economic option on aircraft maintenance, you know damn well they would almost all opt for nuts and bolts from Lowe’s vs. certified parts

 

[530RL]

There will always be a market for substandard people and products, simple economics and people’s ability to be cheap insures that

Imagine if you were able to give people an economic option on aircraft maintenance, you know damn well they would almost all opt for nuts and bolts from Lowe’s vs. certified parts

Everyone gets one fatal aviation accident. But only one.

 

[white tortilla]

My business partner went to Yale. The networking potential is insane. I can’t l say exactly how he managed to get in but I think being a Kennedy had something to do with it lol.

 

[Singleton]

There will always be a market for substandard people and products, simple economics and people’s ability to be cheap insures that

Imagine if you were able to give people an economic option on aircraft maintenance, you know damn well they would almost all opt for nuts and bolts from Lowe’s vs. certified parts

Just remember.
The A students, work for the B students who report to the C students who started the business.

I was the B student; worked part-time at a bar, leadership positions in the business frat, social frat, student government, new student orientation leader and an university ambassador.

What I have found is kids today work so hard to get into Ivy colleges, then stop what they were doing in HS and only focus on grades. A small percentage continue with activities outside of grades, but most forget to be well rounded.

When I was doing college hiring, the students who worked and pulled B’s always scored higher than those who had A’s, but nothing else. And the Ivy grad who went straight to grad school from undergrad was never hired.

To this day, I still remember a parent calling and yelling at me for not hiring her son. I told her - “the reason your son did not get hired, is he had zero work experience and an MBA. I need someone that can apply what he learned to real life and your son is missing that”. I told her I would be more than willing to talk to her son and help him with future interview prep, but he would have to call me. He never called.

 

[Sportin' Wood]

HUSTLE & GRIT are the most valuable assets a person can have IMHO. My team is split almost even between men and women, I see almost no difference in performance levels between the two. However, I see massive cultural difference based on where they live in the world and I can tell the ones that had a hard childhood, vs the silver spoons.

In my company "Where you went to school is a thing" mostly because the majority of them are from the Midwest and live completely boring lives and have little to talk about.

If the career path is to work for someone else and contribute to our capitalistic social contract as a worker, then the investment in Ivy League seems reasonable. Dare I say, the odds favor finding a suitable life partner during the years in higher education, so that alone may be worth the investment.

If the future holds a less defined entrepreneurial path, the investment may not yield the appropriate return. I see book smart highly educated people making poor decisions every day, because they have never risked their own money. The lessons you learn with skin in the game don't seem to be taught in a classroom.

At this point in my life I am questioning almost everything we have been programed to believe is socially and morally acceptable. Discipline seems one of the most desirable traits one can learn. No matter which path your daughter chooses, she is lucky to have loving parents to help guide her.

 

[77charger]

You’re not that old then. 1992 was the last year for football. Titans baseball has sent some great players to the MLB. I am more a Dirtbag fan.

My old neighbor went to Fullerton in early 80s played baseball and became a coach there as well.Andy nieto sound familiar. I played baseball with his brother and my brother played with the youngest. Cool family.

Last heard he went on to become a great coach in college and high schools.

 

[ChumpChange]

Can you imagine a company that has a regular factory and an AP factory? An aviation manufacturer with a regular flight software office and a AP flight software office? Who would want to buy products from the regular factory? Or fly on the jet with software from the regular flight software office?

I guess we can make this a Union vs NonUnion thread like the others.

 

[Bobby V]

My old neighbor went to Fullerton in early 80s played baseball and became a coach there as well.Andy nieto sound familiar. I played baseball with his brother and my brother played with the youngest. Cool family.

Last heard he went on to become a great coach in college and high schools.

I remember playing against Tom Nieto who was a Catcher at Gahr Hs and Cerritos JC. He also played a few years in the MLB.