About: Clayton Thomas
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Posts by Clayton Thomas:
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August 17, 2013 Potshots From the Peanut Gallery
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August 16, 2013 Questions From a Recent High School Grad
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August 1, 2013 Reason #6 not to attend an Ivy: It almost certainly won’t be “the best four years of your life”
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May 5, 2013 A Touch of Fame – NPR Marketplace / Freakonomics Interview
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April 19, 2013 La Raison d’Être – the Why of “The Ivy Lie”
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February 11, 2013 More Tales of Unemployment From the Hallowed Ivies
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January 4, 2013 A Reader Writes
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January 15, 2011 Denied!
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December 31, 2010 Reason #4 Not to Attend an Ivy League School: Crippling Debt
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December 31, 2010 Reason #3 Not to Attend an Ivy League School: No Practical Skills
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Recent Posts
- A Harvard MBA Speaks Out on Her Financial Insecurities July 15, 2018
- As the Price Tag Continues to Climb… September 29, 2017
- Am I Too Hard on Duke? February 7, 2017
- 10 Years On: A Reflection on My Education’s ROI July 16, 2016
- On Harvard and Despression January 24, 2016
- Another Unemployed Ivy Grad Writes… January 24, 2016
- Reason #5 Not to Attend an Ivy League School: No one (in the professional world) cares what name is on your diploma November 9, 2015
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