What is the most overrated school popular among the dc metro area crowd?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Fact is the website you mention does not conduct any analysis. It is based on a limited sample that is self-reported, as all those other threads mention.

Also, I don't know which crazy Payscale poster you are referring to as this is my first time reading this thread and I won't be the last to raise this problem.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Fact is the website you mention does not conduct any analysis. It is based on a limited sample that is self-reported, as all those other threads mention.

There's also a very thoroughly done Georgetown University report done based on the DOE's College Scorecard that estimates 10, 20, 30, 40-year ROIs. U of C is not ranked as low as in the self-reported Payscale ROI ranking but not high either compared to its peer schools; this clearly does not correspond to its current ranking or perceived prestige.

Higher in this thread the Georgetown NPVs have been discussed. They have lots of problems. The best option is to visit a school’s website and review their outcome data.

[Anonymous]

Duke

[Anonymous]

UVA... the best university you ever heard of... the best school you could attend...tremendous. You've never seen anything like it... people are saying.

[Anonymous]

UChicago, Northwestern, JHU, and Emory, the self labeled 'ivy plus' schools by DCUM strivers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:UChicago, Northwestern, JHU, and Emory, the self labeled 'ivy plus' schools by DCUM strivers.

Lol here's this poster again. So sorry your kids didn't make it into any of these schools!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:UChicago, Northwestern, JHU, and Emory, the self labeled 'ivy plus' schools by DCUM strivers.

+1. Ivies are soooo overrrated... so we created a term for schools that are TOTALLY just as if not MORE elite and we called it IVY plus. lol

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:UChicago, Northwestern, JHU, and Emory, the self labeled 'ivy plus' schools by DCUM strivers.

Emory is not quite at the level of the other schools. I'd say it's accurately rated.

If anything UChicago and Northwestern are underrated due to being in the Midwest. And the DC area crowd despises the Midwest.

[Anonymous]

Small liberal arts colleges.

[Anonymous]

Notre Dame.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Notre Dame.

Notre dame probably ha the strongest alumni network outside HYP. People that go there would die for Notre Dame.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Notre Dame.

Notre dame probably ha the strongest alumni network outside HYP. People that go there would die for Notre Dame.

like Declan Sullivan?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Notre Dame.

Notre dame probably ha the strongest alumni network outside HYP. People that go there would die for Notre Dame.

like Declan Sullivan?

Exactly!

[Anonymous]

Elon

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:UChicago, Northwestern, JHU, and Emory, the self labeled 'ivy plus' schools by DCUM strivers.

+1. Ivies are soooo overrrated... so we created a term for schools that are TOTALLY just as if not MORE elite and we called it IVY plus. lol

You all are so misinformed it’s embarrassing. Ivy Plus was coined by Ivy League schools themselves and is used in a limited, official capacity when discussing library exchanges, consortia, faculty conferences, you name it. It’s also a term used by Ivy League alumni associations for networking purposes. Example: http://rmhuc.clubs.harvard.edu/article.html?aid=265