Hopefully others pick up on this fact, but this article must have been written circa-2000. The Canadian dollar hasn't been as low as .69 (mentioned in article)

Hopefully others pick up on this fact, but this article must have been written circa-2000. The Canadian dollar hasn't been as low as .69 (mentioned in article) since at least late-2003, as far back as yahoo/google finance go. The latest references are 1999. I'm also going to disagree with what the author says. I go to an ivy-league school, and there are two things that make all the difference: the caliber of students, and the atmosphere of hard work. Of course there are smart people at every school, as Author writes in describing Honors programs. But the concentration is just incredibly high at Ivys. Any random person you run into or work with is most likely brilliant in some way or other. Atmosphere of hard work - Being surrounded by many high-achievers, you just can't help but push yourself to work harder, achieve more, etc. As long as you're in touch with yourself to avoid burnout, I love this atmosphere because it pushes me to accomplish more than I would were I surrounded by a bunch of people who just want to drink all day every day (of course there are those students, but they're in the minority.) That's not to say an Ivy is always worth it. Rather, I think you can't make a blanket statement about whether it's appropriate or not. For some it will be, for some it won't be.