Why are ivies and other elite NE schools out, southern schools in?

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Anonymous wrote:Have done a few tours and info sessions for SLACs in NE with my kid (I’m from NE myself). The NE students don’t look or sound nearly as happy as those in the south—the weather is cold, the campuses are small, there’s less diversity, the “elite status” has waned due to who they’re admitting. Not to mention how the progressive ideology seems to really affect the vibe.

Just come out and say it: All the campuses are overrun with insufferable non-white swots.

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Anonymous wrote:Have done a few tours and info sessions for SLACs in NE with my kid (I’m from NE myself). The NE students don’t look or sound nearly as happy as those in the south—the weather is cold, the campuses are small, there’s less diversity, the “elite status” has waned due to who they’re admitting. Not to mention how the progressive ideology seems to really affect the vibe.

Me when I need to make my racist point about their being too many DEI admits, but also there are too few people of color

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There's a surprising amount of white supremacists- sorry! "Christian Nationalists"- on DCUM

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Anonymous wrote:Have done a few tours and info sessions for SLACs in NE with my kid (I’m from NE myself). The NE students don’t look or sound nearly as happy as those in the south—the weather is cold, the campuses are small, there’s less diversity, the “elite status” has waned due to who they’re admitting. Not to mention how the progressive ideology seems to really affect the vibe.

Just come out and say it: All the campuses are overrun with insufferable non-white swots.

I don’t think it’s all non-whites she has a problem with, it’s Asian people.

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Anonymous wrote:As someone looking to have a great college experience, what do you prefer?

this environment at the ivies

or this

I guess I'm just different, but the bottom looks...really not fun. You're in college, but you choose to spend your time impressing other girls flailing around like a child?
Dartmouth parties sound a lot more fun.

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Anonymous wrote:The SEC jealously is extreme. Something about attractive, fun, AND successful kids going south must really trigger you grannies.

I am genuinely glad there is something for everyone, but there is no jealousy. If the NE elite kids wanted the SEC they could have had it and likely with a full-ride. It doesn’t appeal to many, but obviously does for others.

+1, people here are a bit delusional. No Harvard grad is pleading to go to South Carolina

Speak for yourself

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Anonymous wrote:As someone looking to have a great college experience, what do you prefer?

this environment at the ivies

or this

I guess I'm just different, but the bottom looks...really not fun. You're in college, but you choose to spend your time impressing other girls flailing around like a child?
Dartmouth parties sound a lot more fun.

Lax Bros rule!

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Anonymous wrote:Ivies are not out but most people would put Stanford and MIT ahead of all ivy except maybe Harvard.

Duke probably ahead of all but HYP.

Schoola like Emory, Vanderbilt, UNC, Florida, UVA, GaTech, pretty will regarded.

Lord of the Southern second tier schools are more attractive than schools in Northeast.

I didn't know why people even go to northeastern anymore.

The number of applications doesn't confirm this in regard to Northeastern, even accounting for how much effort NEU puts into juicing the numbers.

A lot of kids want to go to school in the city. BU, NEU, NYU, Georgia Tech, UChicago, USC even Cal and UW-Seattle. Kids going to these schools are separate from the ones going to the South, with Georgia Tech being a possible exception in Atlanta.

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I’ve always admired kids who have the stones & confidence to go to college in a totally different region of the country. Sure, phones and social media make it easier these days but still, it’s not like you show up at Ole Miss or Miami and there’s 500 friends of friends there from your hometown like your local public college. You probably don’t have any ins to rush certain frat or sorority houses. These kids are just going for it. That’s brave.

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I’m even more impressed with the ones that do the other way, but agree it’s brave.

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Anonymous wrote:Ivies are not out but most people would put Stanford and MIT ahead of all ivy except maybe Harvard.

Duke probably ahead of all but HYP.

Schoola like Emory, Vanderbilt, UNC, Florida, UVA, GaTech, pretty will regarded.

Lord of the Southern second tier schools are more attractive than schools in Northeast.

I didn't know why people even go to northeastern anymore.

The number of applications doesn't confirm this in regard to Northeastern, even accounting for how much effort NEU puts into juicing the numbers.

A lot of kids want to go to school in the city. BU, NEU, NYU, Georgia Tech, UChicago, USC even Cal and UW-Seattle. Kids going to these schools are separate from the ones going to the South, with Georgia Tech being a possible exception in Atlanta.

I get that Northeastern has a lot of applicants but it is inexplicable to me.
It offers almost nothing that warrants its numbers aside from the co-op

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Anonymous wrote:Maybe kids want diversity. MIT is now 47% asian and only 5% black. That type of excellence comes with a culture and grind that’s just not very appealing to many.

No one cares if you find it appealing. You’re not getting anyways. You just wanted to take this chance to be racist.

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Never understood the appeal of BU, BC, and Northeastern especially at 95k a year. Better options at half the cost.

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Anonymous wrote:Ivies are not out but most people would put Stanford and MIT ahead of all ivy except maybe Harvard.

Duke probably ahead of all but HYP.

Schoola like Emory, Vanderbilt, UNC, Florida, UVA, GaTech, pretty will regarded.

Lord of the Southern second tier schools are more attractive than schools in Northeast.

I didn't know why people even go to northeastern anymore.

The number of applications doesn't confirm this in regard to Northeastern, even accounting for how much effort NEU puts into juicing the numbers.

A lot of kids want to go to school in the city. BU, NEU, NYU, Georgia Tech, UChicago, USC even Cal and UW-Seattle. Kids going to these schools are separate from the ones going to the South, with Georgia Tech being a possible exception in Atlanta.

I get that Northeastern has a lot of applicants but it is inexplicable to me.
It offers almost nothing that warrants its numbers aside from the co-op

PP here: My wife and I toured it with our son in 2023, and didn't like it, either. But it seems to have an appeal for kids who believe the co-op will facilitate job placement.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m not seeing southern schools bring “in”. My college kids see most southern schools as a bit of a joke. No offense intended, I’m sure for those in the south who embrace the culture are happy to go.

This is just not true. No one thinks Vandy, Duke, UF, UG are jokes.

I can't help but laugh when boosters act like Michigan, GW, Maryland, UVA, and even Cornell and Penn are such vaunted high-powered degrees. Human resources and recruiters are not valuing a Michigan degree over a UGA or Miami degree. They're just not. Nobody freaking cares. No bachelor's degree is a lottery ticket, not even HYPSM.

Don't stress over admission, apply early to a fun school in the sunny south you know you will get into. Enjoy college, make nice lifelong friends, date to marry, marry young, and build a life together.

A Penn degree is powerful lol. It’s literally an ivy with the best business school in the country. Maybe if your kid is an ethnic studies major or something it isn’t a good choice, but Penn is, for all intents and purposes, elite.

A Wharton kid is not the same as a kid with a Penn bachelor's. Nobody in real life is impressed by a random schmuck with a Penn bachelor's. If you put two girls in front of hiring managers with the same degree, same GPA, same resume, one is a cute outgoing sorority girl from SMU and the other is a typical neurotic dweeb from Penn, you think the Penn dweeb has an edge? You're very naive.

If the Penn dweeb is interviewing for any finance job on the east or west coast or really any professional job on the coasts, the Penn kid will have probably maybe a 20-1 advantage?

If the Penn kid is trying to get a job in Texas, the SMU kid has a good 10-1 advantage.

If the SMU girl is interviewing for pharma sales… a good 50-1 advantage.

Considering the Penn alumni network is massively larger and more influential in banking, PE, hedge funds, VC, consulting, tech it’s not even close.