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Originally Posted by Japan [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

lol @ libarts ivy leaguer conflating starting salary with intelligence and success.

come back when you've done anything but ride the coattails of your above-average high school performance and have proven you can do intellectual heavy lifting a real field. Until then, thank your lucky fucking stars we live in a society with a exaggerated enough division of labor that it manages to support an entire class of empty suits stuffed with cash and degrees with words like "jewish studies" on them.

Er, there was no conflation. If you're going to talk about intellectual heavy-lifting, at least do some intellectual push-ups to warm yourself up. You know, simple stuff. Like reading the posts you're responding to. If you did that, you'd have realized that any discussion regarding starting salary had nothing to do with intelligence, and the nebulous concept of "success" was never discussed at all. Have no fear: I'll help.

Point A: Ivy League has nothing to do with intelligence.
Counter-point: Ivy League requirement: average SAT scores >/= 1450. SAT score shows very high correlation to IQ tests, general intelligence tests.

Point B: Ivy League is a sham; it's all about prestige, selectivity.
Counter-point: Partially correct. Prestige = higher starting salary, higher long-term income. But it's also about education. Better, higher education = higher starting salary, higher long-term income.

Do not conflate the points.