Elite colleges: T10? T20? Or T25?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can we return the discussion to the proven fact that Public Ivies such as UVA, Penn, CalTech and UNC are the only meaningful “elite” in 2022?

Harvard and Yale are dinosaurs. Rich kids with no ambition. If you’re looking for the current elite look no further than the rolling hills of Charlottesville.

You mean Penn State, right?

No, that poster is so typical of the uninformed imbeciles that post on this idiotic website.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Kind of surprised that Northeastern isn't listed in the T20 or even in the T10. Especially since the other less-popular directional school (Northwestern) that is often confused with the more popular NEU is listed. With 90,000 applicants (nearly twice the Ivies), co-ops galore, and half-a-dozen campus branches (one opening near you for sure) NEU is the future of higher education and IMHO merits inclusion the top-20 or top-10. Sorry don't mean to ruffle any feathers in this ivy-focused group, But I hope I can offer my honest opinion.

Finally someone who gets it.

“Elite” in 2022 isn’t the same as in 1980. The up and comers like NEU and public Ivies such as UNC and Penn are not only delivering value but also proving themselves the proving grounds for the new “digital” economy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Kind of surprised that Northeastern isn't listed in the T20 or even in the T10. Especially since the other less-popular directional school (Northwestern) that is often confused with the more popular NEU is listed. With 90,000 applicants (nearly twice the Ivies), co-ops galore, and half-a-dozen campus branches (one opening near you for sure) NEU is the future of higher education and IMHO merits inclusion the top-20 or top-10. Sorry don't mean to ruffle any feathers in this ivy-focused group, But I hope I can offer my honest opinion.

Finally someone who gets it.

“Elite” in 2022 isn’t the same as in 1980. The up and comers like NEU and public Ivies such as UNC and Penn are not only delivering value but also proving themselves the proving grounds for the new “digital” economy.

Penn a Public Ivy?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Kind of surprised that Northeastern isn't listed in the T20 or even in the T10. Especially since the other less-popular directional school (Northwestern) that is often confused with the more popular NEU is listed. With 90,000 applicants (nearly twice the Ivies), co-ops galore, and half-a-dozen campus branches (one opening near you for sure) NEU is the future of higher education and IMHO merits inclusion the top-20 or top-10. Sorry don't mean to ruffle any feathers in this ivy-focused group, But I hope I can offer my honest opinion.

Lmao. Go home, kid. Stop trying to ride the coat tails of Northwestern, and maybe consider getting a life.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: “Elite” in 2022 isn’t the same as in 1980. The up and comers like NEU and public Ivies such as UNC and Penn are not only delivering value but also proving themselves the proving grounds for the new “digital” economy.

I agree. NEU is definitely T20 already and likely T10 soon because of its ingenious "business model".

1) NEU makes the application process simpler, so many can apply. No need to write love letters to NEU to get in.

2) NEU focuses on a vocational education with co-ops, since most students want a job (not necessarily some high-flown education to "broaden" the mind). That means there is not need for expensive "nobel-laureeate" faculty either, the cheaper ones do a better job in fact.

3) NEU doesn't mind squeezing students into hotel rooms and over-admitting students, since it knows that it only adds to its mystique of too much demand for its services.

4) NEU is opening more and more campuses, so there will be one near you. It uses data science to admit people and increase yield.

We love our top companies like Apple on how they cater to their customers. NEU is run by business people and like a business. They will eat the stodgy administrators at other traditional T20 places who have never been out of academia for lunch. NEU is the future of higher ed.