The great American ambition consists of three major components - get a great education, land a high-paying job and get married and have a family. This has been the case for decades and this agenda continues to be part of young graduates' futures. So why are the Ivy Leagues trying to mess with this model citizen-producing formula? 

According to the NY Times, there has been an overwhelming amount of Ivy League students gearing up to be a part of the financial world and they're not exactly thrilled about it. Schools like Harvard and Tufts are now pushing grants and offering to pay off students' loans in exchange for careers in public service. Penn and Harvard are even extending more fellowships and internships in public service hoping to attract more students to the field. 

The reality of the situation is that students have toiled through four years at the country's best universities for a hefty price tag, what they really want is to feel like it was all worth it. Money is the driving force is every American's motivation to work; few get up in the morning to be the world's next Mother Teresa. Students are already bogged down with loans to pay off, they don't want to spend the next few years of their lives in debt because they're making the world a better place to live in. In today's financially-driven society, grads are deemed unsuccessful unless they are making 6 figures. So unless the pay gets a lot better, I doubt the Ivy Leagues will successfully recruit too many humanitarians for public service.