If you are female, smile a lot, and let them talk, young Ivy Leaguers will give you an earful. They are taught that they are the best this country has to offer, and that they are entitled to run it. This is all very clear from their conversation. And, there are older people in position to hire them, who will not look at a resume from any but a short list of schools. This is no secret: many parents of children who attend Ivy League schools will say that is the whole reason for sending their kid to one of those schools is to secure those hiring preferences. Remember Harriet Meyers? There were people who argued that this woman who handled big-ticket litigation was unqualified for a position on the US Supreme Court because of the identity of the law school she attended.
It has been well more than 100 years since the time that there were only 10 colleges in this country.
