“Impressive” Colleges

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Anonymous wrote:Very impressed - HYPSM Caltech Wharton
Impressed - Columbia, Penn, Chicago, Northwestern, Duke, Brown, Dartmouth

I would remove "Wharton" from the "Very impressed" category, but otherwise agree.

[Anonymous]

Frankly, I would not automatically be impressed with ANY of these colleges. It all depends on HOW they got in!

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It's not so much that a college is impressive but that a student is impressive

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Anonymous wrote:Frankly, I would not automatically be impressed with ANY of these colleges. It all depends on HOW they got in!

and WHAT they are studying

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Anonymous wrote:Frankly, I would not automatically be impressed with ANY of these colleges. It all depends on HOW they got in!

and WHAT they are studying

To an extent. Pretty much any field (with possibly some exceptions) can be impressive if that's what they are interested and good in

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Anonymous wrote:Frankly, I would not automatically be impressed with ANY of these colleges. It all depends on HOW they got in!

and WHAT they are studying

To an extent. Pretty much any field (with possibly some exceptions) can be impressive if that's what they are interested and good in

Pretty much any college is impressive then

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Anonymous wrote:Frankly, I would not automatically be impressed with ANY of these colleges. It all depends on HOW they got in!

and WHAT they are studying

To an extent. Pretty much any field (with possibly some exceptions) can be impressive if that's what they are interested and good in

Pretty much any college is impressive then

You missed the part where I said it all depends on HOW the student got in

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Anonymous wrote:Frankly, I would not automatically be impressed with ANY of these colleges. It all depends on HOW they got in!

and WHAT they are studying

To an extent. Pretty much any field (with possibly some exceptions) can be impressive if that's what they are interested and good in

Pretty much any college is impressive then

You missed the part where I said it all depends on HOW the student got in

What do you mean by HOW?

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Anonymous wrote:Frankly, I would not automatically be impressed with ANY of these colleges. It all depends on HOW they got in!

and WHAT they are studying

To an extent. Pretty much any field (with possibly some exceptions) can be impressive if that's what they are interested and good in

Pretty much any college is impressive then

You missed the part where I said it all depends on HOW the student got in

HOW they got in? We need to stop kidding ourselves about junk like this!

Outside of literally a few kids of massive donors, all kids at these colleges have to be impressive in multiple ways (legacy kids, recruited athletes, and all sexes and races included). You'll never truly know the "how." For example, I went to high school with a relative of a pro sports team owner. She was supremely qualified as a student, leader, and major EC award winner but I'm sure many at her top college made assumptions based on who in her family had gone there and their known history of generocity.

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Anonymous wrote:Frankly, I would not automatically be impressed with ANY of these colleges. It all depends on HOW they got in!

and WHAT they are studying

To an extent. Pretty much any field (with possibly some exceptions) can be impressive if that's what they are interested and good in

Pretty much any college is impressive then

You missed the part where I said it all depends on HOW the student got in

This last how comment is just sad. Did someone less deserving also get "your" promotion?

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Anonymous wrote:Frankly, I would not automatically be impressed with ANY of these colleges. It all depends on HOW they got in!

and WHAT they are studying

To an extent. Pretty much any field (with possibly some exceptions) can be impressive if that's what they are interested and good in

Pretty much any college is impressive then

You missed the part where I said it all depends on HOW the student got in

This last how comment is just sad. Did someone less deserving also get "your" promotion?

You seem to have problems with reading comprehension

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Anonymous wrote:Frankly, I would not automatically be impressed with ANY of these colleges. It all depends on HOW they got in!

and WHAT they are studying

To an extent. Pretty much any field (with possibly some exceptions) can be impressive if that's what they are interested and good in

Pretty much any college is impressive then

You missed the part where I said it all depends on HOW the student got in

HOW they got in? We need to stop kidding ourselves about junk like this!

Outside of literally a few kids of massive donors, all kids at these colleges have to be impressive in multiple ways (legacy kids, recruited athletes, and all sexes and races included). You'll never truly know the "how." For example, I went to high school with a relative of a pro sports team owner. She was supremely qualified as a student, leader, and major EC award winner but I'm sure many at her top college made assumptions based on who in her family had gone there and their known history of generocity.

Oh puhleeze, there are many who get in not really because they were such great students. Have you been living under a rock?

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Anonymous wrote:Frankly, I would not automatically be impressed with ANY of these colleges. It all depends on HOW they got in!

and WHAT they are studying

To an extent. Pretty much any field (with possibly some exceptions) can be impressive if that's what they are interested and good in

Pretty much any college is impressive then

You missed the part where I said it all depends on HOW the student got in

HOW they got in? We need to stop kidding ourselves about junk like this!

Outside of literally a few kids of massive donors, all kids at these colleges have to be impressive in multiple ways (legacy kids, recruited athletes, and all sexes and races included). You'll never truly know the "how." For example, I went to high school with a relative of a pro sports team owner. She was supremely qualified as a student, leader, and major EC award winner but I'm sure many at her top college made assumptions based on who in her family had gone there and their known history of generocity.

This “supremely qualified” classmate of yours also had unlimited resources. Not as impressive as another supremely qualified student from a poor family

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Anonymous wrote:Frankly, I would not automatically be impressed with ANY of these colleges. It all depends on HOW they got in!

and WHAT they are studying

To an extent. Pretty much any field (with possibly some exceptions) can be impressive if that's what they are interested and good in

Pretty much any college is impressive then

You missed the part where I said it all depends on HOW the student got in

HOW they got in? We need to stop kidding ourselves about junk like this!

Outside of literally a few kids of massive donors, all kids at these colleges have to be impressive in multiple ways (legacy kids, recruited athletes, and all sexes and races included). You'll never truly know the "how." For example, I went to high school with a relative of a pro sports team owner. She was supremely qualified as a student, leader, and major EC award winner but I'm sure many at her top college made assumptions based on who in her family had gone there and their known history of generocity.

This “supremely qualified” classmate of yours also had unlimited resources. Not as impressive as another supremely qualified student from a poor family

I actually picked that particular example hoping for this response Given that resources do vary so much, we shouldn't be looking at just the highest GPA, test scores, and often BS ECs on their face! Being a "qualified student" just can't be easily compared and context matters.
The assumptions on this board are just unfair. There is no fundamental notion of desert when it comes to attending an "impressive" college.

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Anonymous wrote:Frankly, I would not automatically be impressed with ANY of these colleges. It all depends on HOW they got in!

and WHAT they are studying

To an extent. Pretty much any field (with possibly some exceptions) can be impressive if that's what they are interested and good in

Pretty much any college is impressive then

You missed the part where I said it all depends on HOW the student got in

HOW they got in? We need to stop kidding ourselves about junk like this!

Outside of literally a few kids of massive donors, all kids at these colleges have to be impressive in multiple ways (legacy kids, recruited athletes, and all sexes and races included). You'll never truly know the "how." For example, I went to high school with a relative of a pro sports team owner. She was supremely qualified as a student, leader, and major EC award winner but I'm sure many at her top college made assumptions based on who in her family had gone there and their known history of generocity.

Oh puhleeze, there are many who get in not really because they were such great students. Have you been living under a rock?

Your incorrect assumption is that an AO is just trying or should just be trying to admit a class of current "such great students." Students with particular potential (Presidents like Nixon and Obama were not standout freshmen applicants and were not admitted to "impressive" colleges though an AO would likely view a rejection of such a future president as a mistake in hindsight) or strengths the college and its community value are fine to admit and are no less "deserving."