Are Ivy Leagues outdated and irrelevant these days?

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Anonymous wrote:With maga taking down ivies, this might become true in a few years. Sad.

The Ivies are falling out of favor because people finally discovered the 30% legacy admissions, the sports recruiting, and figured out the academic accomplishments are highly inflated at the Ivies.

Why is it that the folks who point out the athletic and legacy preference in posts like this forget the URM preference they had until a minute ago.

Maybe because they don't exist?

[Anonymous]

Not sure what you mean by “falling out of favor.“ What metric would you use for this? A conversation you had a cocktail party? Pretty much all of the major rankings are still Ivy heavy at the top and their acceptance rates are at unprecedented lows. But the good news is they are not the only great schools in town! There are lots of great places! So maybe what’s different as they are no longer considered the obvious tough choice for strong students but among the great choices.

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Anonymous wrote:Not sure what you mean by “falling out of favor.“ What metric would you use for this? A conversation you had a cocktail party? Pretty much all of the major rankings are still Ivy heavy at the top and their acceptance rates are at unprecedented lows. But the good news is they are not the only great schools in town! There are lots of great places! So maybe what’s different as they are no longer considered the obvious tough choice for strong students but among the great choices.

Kid didn’t get in ivies…

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:With maga taking down ivies, this might become true in a few years. Sad.

The Ivies are falling out of favor because people finally discovered the 30% legacy admissions, the sports recruiting, and figured out the academic accomplishments are highly inflated at the Ivies.

Cal takes a huge number from community colleges. Though I think top 10% CAL graduates are on par with top half of ivy graduates.

Get ready to have your world rocked.

I transfered into Cal from a community college. I also graduated in the top 10% from Cal.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:With maga taking down ivies, this might become true in a few years. Sad.

The Ivies are falling out of favor because people finally discovered the 30% legacy admissions, the sports recruiting, and figured out the academic accomplishments are highly inflated at the Ivies.

Why is it that the folks who point out the athletic and legacy preference in posts like this forget the URM preference they had until a minute ago.

Athletics aren’t preferences; they are institutional priorities and you need to make the cut.

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Never

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Anonymous wrote:Anyone who says "Ivies are anti-semitic" is a brainwashed loser who can only repeat what Fox News tells them to think.

Are these places perfect? No. Have there been some bad moments, many directed towards Jews? Yes. Are the vast majority of Jews at these schools very happy? Yes.

Do any of the people who suddenly are so alarmed by this actually care about Jews? No. They are just caring about what Trump and Fox tell them to care about. Mind your own darn business.

Signed,

An Ivy League Jew

I was around more Jews during my time at an Ivy League college than any other time in my life. Trump is just using this, just like Russia is claiming Ukraine is dominated by Nazis. MAGA is not a friend to the Jews.

I second this - this was my experience at the Ivy I attended. In fact, my roommate and several close friends were Jews and absolutely loved their time there.

Trump doesn’t give a s*** about Jews. What he cares about is destroying the foundations of our democracy while lining his pockets.

The manner in which you and the PP write is very nazi-like.

Wow. You have really been brainwashed. Please stay away from Fox "News", klan rallies, the NY Post, and everyone else who has told you left is right and right is left. Think about what your values were 15 years ago. Think about what you want your children to be like. Worshipping someone like Trump? And please don't start with whataboutisms like that we are just as bad. We are not. Biden was far from perfect but treated the presidency with respect. As did Bush. And Reagan.

This might be the funniest sentence ever written in the English language.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Anyone who says "Ivies are anti-semitic" is a brainwashed loser who can only repeat what Fox News tells them to think.

Are these places perfect? No. Have there been some bad moments, many directed towards Jews? Yes. Are the vast majority of Jews at these schools very happy? Yes.

Do any of the people who suddenly are so alarmed by this actually care about Jews? No. They are just caring about what Trump and Fox tell them to care about. Mind your own darn business.

Signed,

An Ivy League Jew

I was around more Jews during my time at an Ivy League college than any other time in my life. Trump is just using this, just like Russia is claiming Ukraine is dominated by Nazis. MAGA is not a friend to the Jews.

I second this - this was my experience at the Ivy I attended. In fact, my roommate and several close friends were Jews and absolutely loved their time there.

Trump doesn’t give a s*** about Jews. What he cares about is destroying the foundations of our democracy while lining his pockets.

The manner in which you and the PP write is very nazi-like.

Wow. You have really been brainwashed. Please stay away from Fox "News", klan rallies, the NY Post, and everyone else who has told you left is right and right is left. Think about what your values were 15 years ago. Think about what you want your children to be like. Worshipping someone like Trump? And please don't start with whataboutisms like that we are just as bad. We are not. Biden was far from perfect but treated the presidency with respect. As did Bush. And Reagan.

This might be the funniest sentence ever written in the English language.

Wow. Are you a loser. Have fun at the Trump parade Saturday. Hope you don't get run over by a tank or get smoothered by "patriots" with MAGA flags. Who do they pledge their allegiance to? America or Trump? Are they truly trying to make it better for everyone or is their sole pleasure in life antagonizing the other side. And don't say the Democrats did the same thing. They don't. Wake up and grow up.

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"There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens..."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Never

I think you mean “I never had a chance to get in but still applied anyway and will never stop thinking about what my life would have been had that been different”? Time to move on. You don’t need Harvard to go crush it.

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Anonymous wrote:Never

I think you mean “I never had a chance to get in but still applied anyway and will never stop thinking about what my life would have been had that been different”? Time to move on. You don’t need Harvard to go crush it.

+100

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Yes they are outdated and their alums wish they went to well rounded fun schools like Stanford and Duke.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes they are outdated and their alums wish they went to well rounded fun schools like Stanford and Duke.

Those are an acquired taste many Ivy grads don’t have a taste for, so disagree.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes they are outdated and their alums wish they went to well rounded fun schools like Stanford and Duke.

Stanford was too far away and Duke was and still is a try-hard school with a more toxic bro culture. Ivy was a much better fit.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Never

👍Harvard is the best in the world.