Well Alexa you may be right or wrong i dont know. I do not have any desire to prove my self here but the only intent it to introduce myself better so that i can say how i know the things if i claim something that i know .

Regarding the employment offers or salaries, in USA at least in engineering this is not so, the salary offers depends on the state in which the employment is offered and experience.

They (top 15-20 unviersities in respective discipline) all are considered same .IV league unversities have smaller faculty and therefore can offer limited no of subjects (again please no offense) so when the student comes to a design work he lacks boarder spectrum required. If you dont believe me then compare their faculty size with any other good unviersity in USA nto in IV league.
Please do not think i am against them but i have already said that IV league unviersities are better as you have to see the things at other angle as well not just academics.
I did not fully recover even after a year of my degree becasue of so much tension i had faced for 2 years.I ran the other day from the campus after my thesis approval and my advisor (Professor) kept calling me in my office for two months :-) and also inquired how i got the car?.