Rank the Big 10 academically

[Anonymous]

Big10 schools are great! This whole thread has gotten ridiculous.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Look at the rabid Northwestern parent trying to hold it together, knowing they are paying 2.5x more than a UCLA parent for an education that is only going to be perceived as “bless their heart, their kid couldn’t even get into an Ivy - not even Cornell!” …

How is the weather in 1982?

NP. Not even 1982... that poster's thinking might have made sense in the 1940s, lol.

Lol at sending your kid to dreary flyover country (b-b-but it’s Evanston, not Chicago!) after they failed to get an Ivy bid or into Duke, still paying almost $400K for the trouble, and then realizing that your consolation prize is “dunking” on the unwashed whose kids are enjoying a quality of life in college that is 10 - 20x that of your kid’s experience.

If it ain’t a marketing MBA at Kellogg, NU can piss off in my book … true 30 years ago, true today.

I don't have a kid at Northwestern, and I'm not affiliated in any way to the school. But go you, I guess?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Look at the rabid Northwestern parent trying to hold it together, knowing they are paying 2.5x more than a UCLA parent for an education that is only going to be perceived as “bless their heart, their kid couldn’t even get into an Ivy - not even Cornell!” …

How is the weather in 1982?

NP. Not even 1982... that poster's thinking might have made sense in the 1940s, lol.

Lol at sending your kid to dreary flyover country (b-b-but it’s Evanston, not Chicago!) after they failed to get an Ivy bid or into Duke, still paying almost $400K for the trouble, and then realizing that your consolation prize is “dunking” on the unwashed whose kids are enjoying a quality of life in college that is 10 - 20x that of your kid’s experience.

If it ain’t a marketing MBA at Kellogg, NU can piss off in my book … true 30 years ago, true today.

I don't have a kid at Northwestern, and I'm not affiliated in any way to the school. But go you, I guess?

What do you base your opinion on, or why are you even asserting anything about any of these schools?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Look at the rabid Northwestern parent trying to hold it together, knowing they are paying 2.5x more than a UCLA parent for an education that is only going to be perceived as “bless their heart, their kid couldn’t even get into an Ivy - not even Cornell!” …

How is the weather in 1982?

NP. Not even 1982... that poster's thinking might have made sense in the 1940s, lol.

Lol at sending your kid to dreary flyover country (b-b-but it’s Evanston, not Chicago!) after they failed to get an Ivy bid or into Duke, still paying almost $400K for the trouble, and then realizing that your consolation prize is “dunking” on the unwashed whose kids are enjoying a quality of life in college that is 10 - 20x that of your kid’s experience.

If it ain’t a marketing MBA at Kellogg, NU can piss off in my book … true 30 years ago, true today.

You OK bro?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Look at the rabid Northwestern parent trying to hold it together, knowing they are paying 2.5x more than a UCLA parent for an education that is only going to be perceived as “bless their heart, their kid couldn’t even get into an Ivy - not even Cornell!” …

How is the weather in 1982?

NP. Not even 1982... that poster's thinking might have made sense in the 1940s, lol.

Lol at sending your kid to dreary flyover country (b-b-but it’s Evanston, not Chicago!) after they failed to get an Ivy bid or into Duke, still paying almost $400K for the trouble, and then realizing that your consolation prize is “dunking” on the unwashed whose kids are enjoying a quality of life in college that is 10 - 20x that of your kid’s experience.

If it ain’t a marketing MBA at Kellogg, NU can piss off in my book … true 30 years ago, true today.

Wow. Sometimes it's genuinely sad to see parents, whose kids were presumably rejected from certain schools, carry that chip on their shoulder so vigorously.

I hope you know that you're not alone. Northwestern rejects most students, and it's not a reflection of your kid or your parenting. But railing against it on online forums like this doesn't do your mental health any good, I promise!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do people even think of the Big Ten as an academic grouping in this way? The only schools I would seriously consider for academics are Northwestern, UCLA, Michigan and maybe USC...

This sums up the sad state of DCUM and the mindset of a lot of elites (or people who think they're elites) in this country. If any of you really believe this, you should have a long think in front of the mirror.

Heck, I have degrees from 3 private schools ranked in the top 15 but I'd never totally disregard respected R1 schools like this. The discussion shows a big disconnect from reality.

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Anonymous wrote:Look at the rabid Northwestern parent trying to hold it together, knowing they are paying 2.5x more than a UCLA parent for an education that is only going to be perceived as “bless their heart, their kid couldn’t even get into an Ivy - not even Cornell!” …

How is the weather in 1982?

NP. Not even 1982... that poster's thinking might have made sense in the 1940s, lol.

Lol at sending your kid to dreary flyover country (b-b-but it’s Evanston, not Chicago!) after they failed to get an Ivy bid or into Duke, still paying almost $400K for the trouble, and then realizing that your consolation prize is “dunking” on the unwashed whose kids are enjoying a quality of life in college that is 10 - 20x that of your kid’s experience.

If it ain’t a marketing MBA at Kellogg, NU can piss off in my book … true 30 years ago, true today.

Wow. Sometimes it's genuinely sad to see parents, whose kids were presumably rejected from certain schools, carry that chip on their shoulder so vigorously.

I hope you know that you're not alone. Northwestern rejects most students, and it's not a reflection of your kid or your parenting. But railing against it on online forums like this doesn't do your mental health any good, I promise!

And I promise my kid didn’t even consider applying to Northwestern. For some elite students, quality of life matters - if HYPSM isn’t in the cards, why would any applicant knowingly surrender quality of life for 3-4 years at a Plan B school in a shitty region of the country?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Look at the rabid Northwestern parent trying to hold it together, knowing they are paying 2.5x more than a UCLA parent for an education that is only going to be perceived as “bless their heart, their kid couldn’t even get into an Ivy - not even Cornell!” …

How is the weather in 1982?

NP. Not even 1982... that poster's thinking might have made sense in the 1940s, lol.

Lol at sending your kid to dreary flyover country (b-b-but it’s Evanston, not Chicago!) after they failed to get an Ivy bid or into Duke, still paying almost $400K for the trouble, and then realizing that your consolation prize is “dunking” on the unwashed whose kids are enjoying a quality of life in college that is 10 - 20x that of your kid’s experience.

If it ain’t a marketing MBA at Kellogg, NU can piss off in my book … true 30 years ago, true today.

Wow. Sometimes it's genuinely sad to see parents, whose kids were presumably rejected from certain schools, carry that chip on their shoulder so vigorously.

I hope you know that you're not alone. Northwestern rejects most students, and it's not a reflection of your kid or your parenting. But railing against it on online forums like this doesn't do your mental health any good, I promise!

And I promise my kid didn’t even consider applying to Northwestern. For some elite students, quality of life matters - if HYPSM isn’t in the cards, why would any applicant knowingly surrender quality of life for 3-4 years at a Plan B school in a shitty region of the country?

The easy answer for you, then, is just don't apply.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Look at the rabid Northwestern parent trying to hold it together, knowing they are paying 2.5x more than a UCLA parent for an education that is only going to be perceived as “bless their heart, their kid couldn’t even get into an Ivy - not even Cornell!” …

How is the weather in 1982?

NP. Not even 1982... that poster's thinking might have made sense in the 1940s, lol.

Lol at sending your kid to dreary flyover country (b-b-but it’s Evanston, not Chicago!) after they failed to get an Ivy bid or into Duke, still paying almost $400K for the trouble, and then realizing that your consolation prize is “dunking” on the unwashed whose kids are enjoying a quality of life in college that is 10 - 20x that of your kid’s experience.

If it ain’t a marketing MBA at Kellogg, NU can piss off in my book … true 30 years ago, true today.

Wow. Sometimes it's genuinely sad to see parents, whose kids were presumably rejected from certain schools, carry that chip on their shoulder so vigorously.

I hope you know that you're not alone. Northwestern rejects most students, and it's not a reflection of your kid or your parenting. But railing against it on online forums like this doesn't do your mental health any good, I promise!

And I promise my kid didn’t even consider applying to Northwestern. For some elite students, quality of life matters - if HYPSM isn’t in the cards, why would any applicant knowingly surrender quality of life for 3-4 years at a Plan B school in a shitty region of the country?

The easy answer for you, then, is just don't apply.

lol plan B. Wtf wants to be in Durham over Evanston.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Look at the rabid Northwestern parent trying to hold it together, knowing they are paying 2.5x more than a UCLA parent for an education that is only going to be perceived as “bless their heart, their kid couldn’t even get into an Ivy - not even Cornell!” …

How is the weather in 1982?

NP. Not even 1982... that poster's thinking might have made sense in the 1940s, lol.

Lol at sending your kid to dreary flyover country (b-b-but it’s Evanston, not Chicago!) after they failed to get an Ivy bid or into Duke, still paying almost $400K for the trouble, and then realizing that your consolation prize is “dunking” on the unwashed whose kids are enjoying a quality of life in college that is 10 - 20x that of your kid’s experience.

If it ain’t a marketing MBA at Kellogg, NU can piss off in my book … true 30 years ago, true today.

I wouldn’t be surprised if many of the students at NU in 2024 turned down Ivies to come to Northwestern. Times have changed.

[/b]Check the cross admit data - even the lowliest Ivy has got NU’s number[b].

And yet, NU ranked 6th this year, tied with Duke and JHU and above all Ivys except HYP. It attracts a kid not obsessed with Ivy name whore “prestige” which is dwindling by the day given the wokeism on campus.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Look at the rabid Northwestern parent trying to hold it together, knowing they are paying 2.5x more than a UCLA parent for an education that is only going to be perceived as “bless their heart, their kid couldn’t even get into an Ivy - not even Cornell!” …

How is the weather in 1982?

NP. Not even 1982... that poster's thinking might have made sense in the 1940s, lol.

Lol at sending your kid to dreary flyover country (b-b-but it’s Evanston, not Chicago!) after they failed to get an Ivy bid or into Duke, still paying almost $400K for the trouble, and then realizing that your consolation prize is “dunking” on the unwashed whose kids are enjoying a quality of life in college that is 10 - 20x that of your kid’s experience.

If it ain’t a marketing MBA at Kellogg, NU can piss off in my book … true 30 years ago, true today.

Wow. Sometimes it's genuinely sad to see parents, whose kids were presumably rejected from certain schools, carry that chip on their shoulder so vigorously.

I hope you know that you're not alone. Northwestern rejects most students, and it's not a reflection of your kid or your parenting. But railing against it on online forums like this doesn't do your mental health any good, I promise!

And I promise my kid didn’t even consider applying to Northwestern. For some elite students, quality of life matters - if HYPSM isn’t in the cards, why would any applicant knowingly surrender quality of life for 3-4 years at a Plan B school in a shitty region of the country?

The easy answer for you, then, is just don't apply.

lol plan B. Wtf wants to be in Durham over Evanston.

Bahahaha …

Wait, are you serious?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Look at the rabid Northwestern parent trying to hold it together, knowing they are paying 2.5x more than a UCLA parent for an education that is only going to be perceived as “bless their heart, their kid couldn’t even get into an Ivy - not even Cornell!” …

How is the weather in 1982?

NP. Not even 1982... that poster's thinking might have made sense in the 1940s, lol.

Lol at sending your kid to dreary flyover country (b-b-but it’s Evanston, not Chicago!) after they failed to get an Ivy bid or into Duke, still paying almost $400K for the trouble, and then realizing that your consolation prize is “dunking” on the unwashed whose kids are enjoying a quality of life in college that is 10 - 20x that of your kid’s experience.

If it ain’t a marketing MBA at Kellogg, NU can piss off in my book … true 30 years ago, true today.

I wouldn’t be surprised if many of the students at NU in 2024 turned down Ivies to come to Northwestern. Times have changed.

[/b]Check the cross admit data - even the lowliest Ivy has got NU’s number[b].

And yet, NU ranked 6th this year, tied with Duke and JHU and above all Ivys except HYP. It attracts a kid not obsessed with Ivy name whore “prestige” which is dwindling by the day given the wokeism on campus.

https://www.shanghairanking.com/rankings/arwu/2024

Wake me up when NU cracks even the Top 25 …

But back to the previous point - even lowly Cornell gets a commitment from 56% of its accepted applicants who were also accepted by Northwestern (and who chose between those two schools) … that’s a sobering reality check on those increasingly irrelevant USNWR rankings you seem to be clinging onto for dear life.

[Anonymous]

^^^How is it a reality check? Again, name whores abound the Ivy League!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:^^^How is it a reality check? Again, name whores abound the Ivy League!

All highly competitive private institutions are drooled over by name whores subconsciously grasping for any reason to justify paying $320 - $400K for a college education. How is NU different?

[Anonymous]

NU is unique- High powered academics, Big Ten sports, easy access to a major city, Midwestern friendliness. Only a handful of places offer this combination. Go Cats!