Prestigious Schools with least Grinder/All Work Culture

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:USC and UCLA

PP must be confused. UCLA is a major grind — it’s miserable.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Bucknell

Yes, so prestigious with that 1170-1370 SAT and 25-32 ACT range.

https://www.bucknell.edu/sites/default/files/institutional-research/common_data_set_2023_2024.pdf

Guarantee they send more grads to The Street than your school, geed.

[Anonymous]

Yale. By far.

The one kid who was accepted to Yale in the PBS documentary "Dream School:A Journey to Higher Ed," described the culture as competitive, and reported studying 5-7 hours each night and more during the weekends. That sounds like a grinder school to me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Yale. By far.

The one kid who was accepted to Yale in the PBS documentary "Dream School:A Journey to Higher Ed," described the culture as competitive, and reported studying 5-7 hours each night and more during the weekends. That sounds like a grinder school to me.

What about the people you actually know rather than citing someone on pbs? lol

Everyone I know there is very very social. Wall Street bro types. School is easy.

[Anonymous]

They are all a grind, but your major can be how much of a grind.

They all have super competitive clubs that are exclusive and a pain to join…which I also include as “grind”.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:USC and UCLA

PP must be confused. UCLA is a major grind — it’s miserable.

Miserable, huh? Is that really the adjective you wanted? UCLA scores awfully well in quality of life and student satisfaction, and its workload is comparable to its peers. Naturally, there are a handful of joyless grinders among the massive student body, but most kids enjoy themselves and find a good balance between working hard and having fun. If you don’t believe me (an alumnus), check out Niche, Unigo, Fiske, Princeton Review . . . .

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Yale. By far.

The one kid who was accepted to Yale in the PBS documentary "Dream School:A Journey to Higher Ed," described the culture as competitive, and reported studying 5-7 hours each night and more during the weekends. That sounds like a grinder school to me.

What about the people you actually know rather than citing someone on pbs? lol

Everyone I know there is very very social. Wall Street bro types. School is easy.

NP. I must just be a public school hick, because I don't know a single person attending Yale.

[Anonymous]

If you are a STEM major anywhere, it is a massive grind. If you major in non-STEM it will be pretty easy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Yale. By far.

The one kid who was accepted to Yale in the PBS documentary "Dream School:A Journey to Higher Ed," described the culture as competitive, and reported studying 5-7 hours each night and more during the weekends. That sounds like a grinder school to me.

What about the people you actually know rather than citing someone on pbs? lol

Everyone I know there is very very social. Wall Street bro types. School is easy.

Are you a student? If not…why are you reporting as though you have firsthand knowledge?

[Anonymous]

NP. Yale is literally the subject of a class action lawsuit over how miserable it is for students and how harmful to their mental health. The PPs suggesting Yale must have attended in the 1950s. It was probably nice in the 1950s, but that was a long time ago.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/06/health/yale-mental-health.html

[Anonymous]

Notre Dame

[Anonymous]

Harvard, without a doubt. It’s a finishing school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:NP. Yale is literally the subject of a class action lawsuit over how miserable it is for students and how harmful to their mental health. The PPs suggesting Yale must have attended in the 1950s. It was probably nice in the 1950s, but that was a long time ago.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/06/health/yale-mental-health.html

The class action suit is about the leave policies, which were antiquated and bad. They are changing ( better, still could be improved.) This was prompted in part by the last time there was a suicide on campus during the covid year. But this isn’t what OP is asking about. The overall culture of the undergrad is highly collaborative with strong emphasis on community, vibrant arts life, grade deflation not really a thing. Kids tend to stretch themselves thin by choice with a million activities, busy social lives etc so you’re going to find some stressed out students as you would anywhere. But I went to a “grinder/no fun” school and that’s definitely not Yale.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you are a STEM major anywhere, it is a massive grind. If you major in non-STEM it will be pretty easy.

Completely agree. Major plays a big part. My kid switched majors at the same school, totally different amount of work in stem major.

[Anonymous]

Virtually all engineering degrees are a grind. So at a multi-disciplinary university, differentiating among the various schools of the university would make sense.