why do universities not admit more students?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Capacity constraints

Mostly artificial ones though. Who gripes most about increasing the student population of elite private universities? Alumni. That’s who. Protecting their exclusive club. Harvard and Yale etc have more than enough endowment to acquire and build on more space. Stanford has more than 8,000 acres, for about 7,000 undergrads. Whatever capacity constraints they claim to have ring pretty hollow to me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Capacity constraints

Mostly artificial ones though. Who gripes most about increasing the student population of elite private universities? Alumni. That’s who. Protecting their exclusive club. Harvard and Yale etc have more than enough endowment to acquire and build on more space. Stanford has more than 8,000 acres, for about 7,000 undergrads. Whatever capacity constraints they claim to have ring pretty hollow to me.

You are not realistic and/or you know nothing about U.S. schools and even less about endowments. That is simply not how it works, not do the colleges owe anyone more seats. Anyone. In the U.S., we do not cover every square inch of acreage with humans. It is not sanitary, healthy, productive, or desirable. We do not aspire to have a two class society.

No matter how much you insist, or pitch a tantrum.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:clearly the demand for top 50 colleges is there. why not admit more in fields like STEM?

colleges would get oos tuition $$ and kids an opportunity that they might have just missed?

There are plenty of colleges in the US, so they don't really need to expand. If you want a college degree, you can get one.


(ranking is stupid)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:clearly the demand for top 50 colleges is there. why not admit more in fields like STEM?

colleges would get oos tuition $$ and kids an opportunity that they might have just missed?

There are plenty of colleges in the US, so they don't really need to expand. If you want a college degree, you can get one.


(ranking is stupid)

+1

OP, you need to consider other colleges - you are not entitled a seat at an Ivy League School.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Capacity constraints

Mostly artificial ones though. Who gripes most about increasing the student population of elite private universities? Alumni. That’s who. Protecting their exclusive club. Harvard and Yale etc have more than enough endowment to acquire and build on more space. Stanford has more than 8,000 acres, for about 7,000 undergrads. Whatever capacity constraints they claim to have ring pretty hollow to me.

This exclusivity BS is all in your head. You don't need to go to Harvard, Yale, or Stanford for any reason whatsoever.

[Anonymous]

No one is entitled but everyone should be honest. With the endowments and prestige of working at a top tier school, capacity and faculty shortage constraints are not real barriers
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It's about keeping them elite and exclusive.

But just imagine if MIT had a student body of 6000 rather than 4. That's 2000 more innovative and intelligent and excellent students who could be out there changing the world with the resources available at MIT.

But nope. Exclusivity and elitism rule.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No one is entitled but everyone should be honest. With the endowments and prestige of working at a top tier school, capacity and faculty shortage constraints are not real barriers
.
It's about keeping them elite and exclusive.

But just imagine if MIT had a student body of 6000 rather than 4. That's 2000 more innovative and intelligent and excellent students who could be out there changing the world with the resources available at MIT.

But nope. Exclusivity and elitism rule.

So? The schools make their own rules. You may not have heard, but the U.S. is not a dictatorship. If you want a dictatorship, you have to go to school in China.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Capacity constraints

Mostly artificial ones though. Who gripes most about increasing the student population of elite private universities? Alumni. That’s who. Protecting their exclusive club. Harvard and Yale etc have more than enough endowment to acquire and build on more space. Stanford has more than 8,000 acres, for about 7,000 undergrads. Whatever capacity constraints they claim to have ring pretty hollow to me.

This exclusivity BS is all in your head. You don't need to go to Harvard, Yale, or Stanford for any reason whatsoever.

+1

OP, you do not have faith in your child to do well, no matter where they are enrolled in college? That is on you as a parent, that is your failure.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No one is entitled but everyone should be honest. With the endowments and prestige of working at a top tier school, capacity and faculty shortage constraints are not real barriers
.
It's about keeping them elite and exclusive.

But just imagine if MIT had a student body of 6000 rather than 4. That's 2000 more innovative and intelligent and excellent students who could be out there changing the world with the resources available at MIT.

But nope. Exclusivity and elitism rule.

So? The schools make their own rules. You may not have heard, but the U.S. is not a dictatorship. If you want a dictatorship, you have to go to school in China.

Good freaking lord. Who said anything about dictating anything? Take a seat and a Xanax.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No one is entitled but everyone should be honest. With the endowments and prestige of working at a top tier school, capacity and faculty shortage constraints are not real barriers
.
It's about keeping them elite and exclusive.

But just imagine if MIT had a student body of 6000 rather than 4. That's 2000 more innovative and intelligent and excellent students who could be out there changing the world with the resources available at MIT.

But nope. Exclusivity and elitism rule.

So? The schools make their own rules. You may not have heard, but the U.S. is not a dictatorship. If you want a dictatorship, you have to go to school in China.

Good freaking lord. Who said anything about dictating anything? Take a seat and a Xanax.

This statement pertains to OP, most of all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Capacity constraints

Mostly artificial ones though. Who gripes most about increasing the student population of elite private universities? Alumni. That’s who. Protecting their exclusive club. Harvard and Yale etc have more than enough endowment to acquire and build on more space. Stanford has more than 8,000 acres, for about 7,000 undergrads. Whatever capacity constraints they claim to have ring pretty hollow to me.

This exclusivity BS is all in your head. You don't need to go to Harvard, Yale, or Stanford for any reason whatsoever.

+1

OP, you do not have faith in your child to do well, no matter where they are enrolled in college? That is on you as a parent, that is your failure.

DP, my kid will crush it wherever he goes. But don't pretend that the resources and networking available at these schools is the same elsewhere.

It's a closed system FTMP which is not good for any real progress.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No one is entitled but everyone should be honest. With the endowments and prestige of working at a top tier school, capacity and faculty shortage constraints are not real barriers
.
It's about keeping them elite and exclusive.

But just imagine if MIT had a student body of 6000 rather than 4. That's 2000 more innovative and intelligent and excellent students who could be out there changing the world with the resources available at MIT.

But nope. Exclusivity and elitism rule.

So? The schools make their own rules. You may not have heard, but the U.S. is not a dictatorship. If you want a dictatorship, you have to go to school in China.

Good freaking lord. Who said anything about dictating anything? Take a seat and a Xanax.

This statement pertains to OP, most of all.

Because she asked a question?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Capacity constraints

Mostly artificial ones though. Who gripes most about increasing the student population of elite private universities? Alumni. That’s who. Protecting their exclusive club. Harvard and Yale etc have more than enough endowment to acquire and build on more space. Stanford has more than 8,000 acres, for about 7,000 undergrads. Whatever capacity constraints they claim to have ring pretty hollow to me.

This exclusivity BS is all in your head. You don't need to go to Harvard, Yale, or Stanford for any reason whatsoever.

+1

OP, you do not have faith in your child to do well, no matter where they are enrolled in college? That is on you as a parent, that is your failure.

DP, my kid will crush it wherever he goes. But don't pretend that the resources and networking available at these schools is the same elsewhere.

It's a closed system FTMP which is not good for any real progress.

You are simply wrong about this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No one is entitled but everyone should be honest. With the endowments and prestige of working at a top tier school, capacity and faculty shortage constraints are not real barriers
.
It's about keeping them elite and exclusive.

But just imagine if MIT had a student body of 6000 rather than 4. That's 2000 more innovative and intelligent and excellent students who could be out there changing the world with the resources available at MIT.

But nope. Exclusivity and elitism rule.

If you truly believe that the kids MIT would admit if they had more space are failing somewhere else and will amount to nothing, you just aren't very observant. Innovative and intelligent and excellent students are out there changing the world with the resources available at many universities.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No one is entitled but everyone should be honest. With the endowments and prestige of working at a top tier school, capacity and faculty shortage constraints are not real barriers
.
It's about keeping them elite and exclusive.

But just imagine if MIT had a student body of 6000 rather than 4. That's 2000 more innovative and intelligent and excellent students who could be out there changing the world with the resources available at MIT.

But nope. Exclusivity and elitism rule.

So? The schools make their own rules. You may not have heard, but the U.S. is not a dictatorship. If you want a dictatorship, you have to go to school in China.

Good freaking lord. Who said anything about dictating anything? Take a seat and a Xanax.

This statement pertains to OP, most of all.

Because she asked a question?

OP doesn't like being called out on their ridiculousness. OP was given reasons why it will not work in the U.S., and OP is not satisfied with facts. Does OP just want some random story as an answer, is OP accustomed to only hearing yes? That stands to reason that OP's kids could be pretty darn spoiled, and perhaps also entitled, and would have a hard time adjusting to college.