Overrated schools

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Anonymous wrote:What school has you scratching your head when you see one of DC’s friends attend?

Northeastern, Colby, Rhodes
& mid tier state schools OOS (UGA, UTenn, Clemson, UC Irvine) when they got into William&Mary or VT

Colby is in the top 10% of LACs in the country. You don’t have to love the college, but why would that make you scratch your head?

Northeastern, Colby, Rhodes are usually picked by students who got into William and Mary and in some cases better LACs yet chose these schools, at full price, when they are not a good, objectively, on many measures.

Northeastern gets top tier students.
https://www.businessinsider.com/the-50-smartest-colleges-in-america-2016-10

Oh here we go again. A few years back they accepted a mediocre student with a 1320 SAT from my kid’s school with no sport, music, or other long-term discernible talent. I wouldn’t call this student top-tier. She’s also had a very hard time finding her people.

The link is for a few years back in 2018 when tests were required. Random stories don't mean much.

Not impressed with a school that has mastered gaming the rankings.

Nobody cares about you.
The schools gets 100K apps from top tier students

Have I touched a nerve? So defensive. No supplemental essays required = more applications. Again, not impressed.

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Anonymous wrote:Any of the Ivies.

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Harvard especially

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Anonymous wrote:What school has you scratching your head when you see one of DC’s friends attend?

Northeastern, Colby, Rhodes
& mid tier state schools OOS (UGA, UTenn, Clemson, UC Irvine) when they got into William&Mary or VT

Colby is in the top 10% of LACs in the country. You don’t have to love the college, but why would that make you scratch your head?

Northeastern, Colby, Rhodes are usually picked by students who got into William and Mary and in some cases better LACs yet chose these schools, at full price, when they are not a good, objectively, on many measures.

Northeastern gets top tier students.
https://www.businessinsider.com/the-50-smartest-colleges-in-america-2016-10

Colby is also in the top 50.
What's Rhodes?? Never heard of it.
PP is weird.

Rhodes is Amy Coney Barret's alma mater, so you can judge from that...

Over 50% acceptance rate.
I'll judge ftom that.

I don't really care for acceptance rates. Just a status symbol for how few you're willing to educate and how much you can game USNews.

You sound ignorant.
Acceptance rate doesn't affect USNews ranking.

However I care.
50% acceptance rate means 1 out of 2 can easily walk in. That affects quality of the student body a lot.
I want my smart kid surrounded by other smart kids.
It's very important.
It determines the level of classes and students learn from other students a lot.

I know what an acceptance rate is. I think your smart child can find smart people at many more places than you consider however. I went to a top college, and boy, for being the "smartest" people in the collegiate space, there sure were a bunch of dummies around. Your kid ultimately will decide who they hang out with.

Yes to this. My friend’s kid busted her rear to attend and T20 and was shocked at how dumb some of her classmates were. Legacy or donor kids.

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Anonymous wrote:What school has you scratching your head when you see one of DC’s friends attend?

Northeastern, Colby, Rhodes
& mid tier state schools OOS (UGA, UTenn, Clemson, UC Irvine) when they got into William&Mary or VT

Colby is in the top 10% of LACs in the country. You don’t have to love the college, but why would that make you scratch your head?

Northeastern, Colby, Rhodes are usually picked by students who got into William and Mary and in some cases better LACs yet chose these schools, at full price, when they are not a good, objectively, on many measures.

Northeastern gets top tier students.
https://www.businessinsider.com/the-50-smartest-colleges-in-america-2016-10

Oh here we go again. A few years back they accepted a mediocre student with a 1320 SAT from my kid’s school with no sport, music, or other long-term discernible talent. I wouldn’t call this student top-tier. She’s also had a very hard time finding her people.

The link is for a few years back in 2018 when tests were required. Random stories don't mean much.

Not impressed with a school that has mastered gaming the rankings.

Nobody cares about you.
The schools gets 100K apps from top tier students

Have I touched a nerve? So defensive. No supplemental essays required = more applications. Again, not impressed.

Again unfortunately for you, nobody cares about your impression .
You are nobody on the internet.

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Anonymous wrote:What school has you scratching your head when you see one of DC’s friends attend?

Northeastern, Colby, Rhodes
& mid tier state schools OOS (UGA, UTenn, Clemson, UC Irvine) when they got into William&Mary or VT

Colby is in the top 10% of LACs in the country. You don’t have to love the college, but why would that make you scratch your head?

Northeastern, Colby, Rhodes are usually picked by students who got into William and Mary and in some cases better LACs yet chose these schools, at full price, when they are not a good, objectively, on many measures.

Northeastern gets top tier students.
https://www.businessinsider.com/the-50-smartest-colleges-in-america-2016-10

Oh here we go again. A few years back they accepted a mediocre student with a 1320 SAT from my kid’s school with no sport, music, or other long-term discernible talent. I wouldn’t call this student top-tier. She’s also had a very hard time finding her people.

The link is for a few years back in 2018 when tests were required. Random stories don't mean much.

Not impressed with a school that has mastered gaming the rankings.

Nobody cares about you.
The schools gets 100K apps from top tier students

Have I touched a nerve? So defensive. No supplemental essays required = more applications. Again, not impressed.

Again unfortunately for you, nobody cares about your impression .
You are nobody on the internet.

Go to bed and start over tomorrow.

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Anonymous wrote:What school has you scratching your head when you see one of DC’s friends attend?

Northeastern, Colby, Rhodes
& mid tier state schools OOS (UGA, UTenn, Clemson, UC Irvine) when they got into William&Mary or VT

Colby is in the top 10% of LACs in the country. You don’t have to love the college, but why would that make you scratch your head?

Northeastern, Colby, Rhodes are usually picked by students who got into William and Mary and in some cases better LACs yet chose these schools, at full price, when they are not a good, objectively, on many measures.

Northeastern gets top tier students.
https://www.businessinsider.com/the-50-smartest-colleges-in-america-2016-10

Colby is also in the top 50.
What's Rhodes?? Never heard of it.
PP is weird.

Rhodes is Amy Coney Barret's alma mater, so you can judge from that...

Over 50% acceptance rate.
I'll judge ftom that.

I don't really care for acceptance rates. Just a status symbol for how few you're willing to educate and how much you can game USNews.

You sound ignorant.
Acceptance rate doesn't affect USNews ranking.

However I care.
50% acceptance rate means 1 out of 2 can easily walk in. That affects quality of the student body a lot.
I want my smart kid surrounded by other smart kids.
It's very important.
It determines the level of classes and students learn from other students a lot.

I know what an acceptance rate is. I think your smart child can find smart people at many more places than you consider however. I went to a top college, and boy, for being the "smartest" people in the collegiate space, there sure were a bunch of dummies around. Your kid ultimately will decide who they hang out with.

Yes to this. My friend’s kid busted her rear to attend and T20 and was shocked at how dumb some of her classmates were. Legacy or donor kids.

Yes, almost half of their White students are ALDC at schools like Harvard.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/study-harvard-finds-43-percent-white-students-are-legacy-athletes-n1060361
Plenty of dumb kids.

However imagine how much worse for the schools that every other student can walk in.
You have to pay close attention to the cohort quality.

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Anonymous wrote:What school has you scratching your head when you see one of DC’s friends attend?

Northeastern, Colby, Rhodes
& mid tier state schools OOS (UGA, UTenn, Clemson, UC Irvine) when they got into William&Mary or VT

Colby is in the top 10% of LACs in the country. You don’t have to love the college, but why would that make you scratch your head?

Northeastern, Colby, Rhodes are usually picked by students who got into William and Mary and in some cases better LACs yet chose these schools, at full price, when they are not a good, objectively, on many measures.

Northeastern gets top tier students.
https://www.businessinsider.com/the-50-smartest-colleges-in-america-2016-10

Oh here we go again. A few years back they accepted a mediocre student with a 1320 SAT from my kid’s school with no sport, music, or other long-term discernible talent. I wouldn’t call this student top-tier. She’s also had a very hard time finding her people.

The link is for a few years back in 2018 when tests were required. Random stories don't mean much.

Not impressed with a school that has mastered gaming the rankings.

Nobody cares about you.
The schools gets 100K apps from top tier students

Have I touched a nerve? So defensive. No supplemental essays required = more applications. Again, not impressed.

Again unfortunately for you, nobody cares about your impression .
You are nobody on the internet.

Go to bed and start over tomorrow.

Nobody here would care if you drop dead
Nobody cares about your impression.

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Anonymous wrote:What school has you scratching your head when you see one of DC’s friends attend?

Northeastern, Colby, Rhodes
& mid tier state schools OOS (UGA, UTenn, Clemson, UC Irvine) when they got into William&Mary or VT

Colby is in the top 10% of LACs in the country. You don’t have to love the college, but why would that make you scratch your head?

Northeastern, Colby, Rhodes are usually picked by students who got into William and Mary and in some cases better LACs yet chose these schools, at full price, when they are not a good, objectively, on many measures.

Northeastern gets top tier students.
https://www.businessinsider.com/the-50-smartest-colleges-in-america-2016-10

Colby is also in the top 50.
What's Rhodes?? Never heard of it.
PP is weird.

Rhodes is Amy Coney Barret's alma mater, so you can judge from that...

Over 50% acceptance rate.
I'll judge ftom that.

I don't really care for acceptance rates. Just a status symbol for how few you're willing to educate and how much you can game USNews.

You sound ignorant.
Acceptance rate doesn't affect USNews ranking.

However I care.
50% acceptance rate means 1 out of 2 can easily walk in. That affects quality of the student body a lot.
I want my smart kid surrounded by other smart kids.
It's very important.
It determines the level of classes and students learn from other students a lot.

I know what an acceptance rate is. I think your smart child can find smart people at many more places than you consider however. I went to a top college, and boy, for being the "smartest" people in the collegiate space, there sure were a bunch of dummies around. Your kid ultimately will decide who they hang out with.

Yes to this. My friend’s kid busted her rear to attend and T20 and was shocked at how dumb some of her classmates were. Legacy or donor kids.

Yes, almost half of their White students are ALDC at schools like Harvard.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/study-harvard-finds-43-percent-white-students-are-legacy-athletes-n1060361
Plenty of dumb kids.

However imagine how much worse for the schools that every other student can walk in.
You have to pay close attention to the cohort quality.

DP: I don't know, I was a resident tutor at Harvard for many years when doing my MS/PhD. I never encountered any student there--legacy, donor, athlete, anyone--I would consider dumb. Varying strength profiles, sure. And many did and said dumb things sometimes like we all do. But I got to see their work in the areas/major they were focused and I was impressed by the vast majority of them. The students that thought they were smarter than others though rarely were.

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Curious - is UVA overrated - in terms of outcomes - especially for STEM grads?

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Anonymous wrote:What school has you scratching your head when you see one of DC’s friends attend?

Northeastern, Colby, Rhodes
& mid tier state schools OOS (UGA, UTenn, Clemson, UC Irvine) when they got into William&Mary or VT

Colby is in the top 10% of LACs in the country. You don’t have to love the college, but why would that make you scratch your head?

Northeastern, Colby, Rhodes are usually picked by students who got into William and Mary and in some cases better LACs yet chose these schools, at full price, when they are not a good, objectively, on many measures.

Northeastern gets top tier students.
https://www.businessinsider.com/the-50-smartest-colleges-in-america-2016-10

Colby is also in the top 50.
What's Rhodes?? Never heard of it.
PP is weird.

Rhodes is Amy Coney Barret's alma mater, so you can judge from that...

Over 50% acceptance rate.
I'll judge ftom that.

I don't really care for acceptance rates. Just a status symbol for how few you're willing to educate and how much you can game USNews.

You sound ignorant.
Acceptance rate doesn't affect USNews ranking.

However I care.
50% acceptance rate means 1 out of 2 can easily walk in. That affects quality of the student body a lot.
I want my smart kid surrounded by other smart kids.
It's very important.
It determines the level of classes and students learn from other students a lot.

I know what an acceptance rate is. I think your smart child can find smart people at many more places than you consider however. I went to a top college, and boy, for being the "smartest" people in the collegiate space, there sure were a bunch of dummies around. Your kid ultimately will decide who they hang out with.

Yes to this. My friend’s kid busted her rear to attend and T20 and was shocked at how dumb some of her classmates were. Legacy or donor kids.

Yes, almost half of their White students are ALDC at schools like Harvard.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/study-harvard-finds-43-percent-white-students-are-legacy-athletes-n1060361
Plenty of dumb kids.

However imagine how much worse for the schools that every other student can walk in.
You have to pay close attention to the cohort quality.

DP: I don't know, I was a resident tutor at Harvard for many years when doing my MS/PhD. I never encountered any student there--legacy, donor, athlete, anyone--I would consider dumb. Varying strength profiles, sure. And many did and said dumb things sometimes like we all do. But I got to see their work in the areas/major they were focused and I was impressed by the vast majority of them. The students that thought they were smarter than others though rarely were.

Dumb people think Ivy athletes are dumb because the dumb people who think that do not know about the Athletic Index.

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Anonymous wrote:What school has you scratching your head when you see one of DC’s friends attend?

Northeastern, Colby, Rhodes
& mid tier state schools OOS (UGA, UTenn, Clemson, UC Irvine) when they got into William&Mary or VT

Colby is in the top 10% of LACs in the country. You don’t have to love the college, but why would that make you scratch your head?

Northeastern, Colby, Rhodes are usually picked by students who got into William and Mary and in some cases better LACs yet chose these schools, at full price, when they are not a good, objectively, on many measures.

Northeastern gets top tier students.
https://www.businessinsider.com/the-50-smartest-colleges-in-america-2016-10

Colby is also in the top 50.
What's Rhodes?? Never heard of it.
PP is weird.

Rhodes is Amy Coney Barret's alma mater, so you can judge from that...

Over 50% acceptance rate.
I'll judge ftom that.

I don't really care for acceptance rates. Just a status symbol for how few you're willing to educate and how much you can game USNews.

You sound ignorant.
Acceptance rate doesn't affect USNews ranking.

However I care.
50% acceptance rate means 1 out of 2 can easily walk in. That affects quality of the student body a lot.
I want my smart kid surrounded by other smart kids.
It's very important.
It determines the level of classes and students learn from other students a lot.

I know what an acceptance rate is. I think your smart child can find smart people at many more places than you consider however. I went to a top college, and boy, for being the "smartest" people in the collegiate space, there sure were a bunch of dummies around. Your kid ultimately will decide who they hang out with.

Yes to this. My friend’s kid busted her rear to attend and T20 and was shocked at how dumb some of her classmates were. Legacy or donor kids.

Yes, almost half of their White students are ALDC at schools like Harvard.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/study-harvard-finds-43-percent-white-students-are-legacy-athletes-n1060361
Plenty of dumb kids.

However imagine how much worse for the schools that every other student can walk in.
You have to pay close attention to the cohort quality.

DP: I don't know, I was a resident tutor at Harvard for many years when doing my MS/PhD. I never encountered any student there--legacy, donor, athlete, anyone--I would consider dumb. Varying strength profiles, sure. And many did and said dumb things sometimes like we all do. But I got to see their work in the areas/major they were focused and I was impressed by the vast majority of them. The students that thought they were smarter than others though rarely were.

Students are a lot more cruel to one another. I met some geniuses at my ivy, who likely thought I was a complete idiot.

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Anonymous wrote:Curious - is UVA overrated - in terms of outcomes - especially for STEM grads?

These are all silly questions. If you told me you rated UVA as good as MIT in STEM grad capabilities and outcomes, I'd tell you you are overrating UVA. But the reality is that I have no idea where people are really rating UVA, so I can't answer in any meaningful way.

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Anonymous wrote:Curious - is UVA overrated - in terms of outcomes - especially for STEM grads?

These are all silly questions. If you told me you rated UVA as good as MIT in STEM grad capabilities and outcomes, I'd tell you you are overrating UVA. But the reality is that I have no idea where people are really rating UVA, so I can't answer in any meaningful way.

I should add STEM is really broad. It would include many disciplines. To name a few: Biology, chemistry, physics (with numerous interdisciplinary fields) geology, environmental, neuroscience, astronomy, the many branches of mathematics, data science, applied science, the numerous areas of computer science. In engineering there is civil, mechanical, nuclear, petroleum, computer, electrical, industrial, environmental and more.

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Anonymous wrote:What school has you scratching your head when you see one of DC’s friends attend?

Northeastern, Colby, Rhodes
& mid tier state schools OOS (UGA, UTenn, Clemson, UC Irvine) when they got into William&Mary or VT

Colby is in the top 10% of LACs in the country. You don’t have to love the college, but why would that make you scratch your head?

Northeastern, Colby, Rhodes are usually picked by students who got into William and Mary and in some cases better LACs yet chose these schools, at full price, when they are not a good, objectively, on many measures.

Northeastern gets top tier students.
https://www.businessinsider.com/the-50-smartest-colleges-in-america-2016-10

Oh here we go again. A few years back they accepted a mediocre student with a 1320 SAT from my kid’s school with no sport, music, or other long-term discernible talent. I wouldn’t call this student top-tier. She’s also had a very hard time finding her people.

The link is for a few years back in 2018 when tests were required. Random stories don't mean much.

Not impressed with a school that has mastered gaming the rankings.

Nobody cares about you.
The schools gets 100K apps from top tier students

Have I touched a nerve? So defensive. No supplemental essays required = more applications. Again, not impressed.

NP. I would say you definitely touched a nerve. There is someone here who can't abide any critical discussion of NEU's admission practices. Maybe they are a marketer or loyal parent, I don't know. It's a good school, but the promotion gets to be too much, and the admissions practices make it look like a better institution than it actually is.

To the other poster, your ad hominem attacks do not make you or NEU look good.

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Anonymous wrote:What school has you scratching your head when you see one of DC’s friends attend?

Northeastern, Colby, Rhodes
& mid tier state schools OOS (UGA, UTenn, Clemson, UC Irvine) when they got into William&Mary or VT

Colby is in the top 10% of LACs in the country. You don’t have to love the college, but why would that make you scratch your head?

Northeastern, Colby, Rhodes are usually picked by students who got into William and Mary and in some cases better LACs yet chose these schools, at full price, when they are not a good, objectively, on many measures.

Northeastern gets top tier students.
https://www.businessinsider.com/the-50-smartest-colleges-in-america-2016-10

Oh here we go again. A few years back they accepted a mediocre student with a 1320 SAT from my kid’s school with no sport, music, or other long-term discernible talent. I wouldn’t call this student top-tier. She’s also had a very hard time finding her people.

The link is for a few years back in 2018 when tests were required. Random stories don't mean much.

Not impressed with a school that has mastered gaming the rankings.

Nobody cares about you.
The schools gets 100K apps from top tier students

Have I touched a nerve? So defensive. No supplemental essays required = more applications. Again, not impressed.

NP. I would say you definitely touched a nerve. There is someone here who can't abide any critical discussion of NEU's admission practices. Maybe they are a marketer or loyal parent, I don't know. It's a good school, but the promotion gets to be too much, and the admissions practices make it look like a better institution than it actually is.

To the other poster, your ad hominem attacks do not make you or NEU look good.

Facts and reality disagree with you.