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Originally Posted by Unregistered
Please don't give false hope. Post-doc in ivy league university is no joke laeve alone getting tenure at universities. There are many PhDs from top US universities who can't attain tenured professorship.
Life is lived on hope - is true but let us hope within limits. Else you will fall too deep from where it will be impossible to come back.
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When you're doing graduate studies, academics no longer matter that much especially if you're in the field of research. It is not impossible to do a Post-doc in an ivy league university. If you really set your mind that, choose an appropriate field with a prof you already set your mind on working for. Then try to work under profs who've worked under that desired prof you want to work for during your post doctorate - that'll set up the connections first.
Most importantly, your research findings must be good and interesting. Publish in top tier journals such as Science, Cell, and Nature etc. I'm sure if you have more than 5 such journals under your belt during your post-graduate studies, it'll be much easier to find a post-doctorate position in an ivy-league university.