To you, what's the bottom of the "elite" colleges?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

The Obama girls school choice has nothing to do whether they are successful or not.
Status as a child or grandchild of a US President or VP gains admission to any school they desire.
I believe Sasha was admitted to Yale but choose Michigan. Maybe because she has friends at Michigan. Maybe she wanted less academic rigor. As you know Yale is much more academically rigorous than Harvard.

Or maybe, having attended the Lab School and Sidwell Friends, she wanted a different experience.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Elite:

Harvard
Stanford
Yale
MIT
Princeton
Columbia
(Wharton)

I’m ok with this, but take out Columbia

Agree Columbia is out

There is a research article about how employers of elite firms view these schools, titled “Ivies, Extracurriculars, and Exclusion: Elite Employers' Use of Educational Credentials,” by Professor Lauren Rivera of Northwestern University.

Here’s a quote from the study:"Brown, Cornell, Dartmouth, and University of Pennsylvania (Arts and Sciences) were frequently described as 'second tier' schools that were filled primarily with candidates who 'didn’t get in' to a super-elite school."

In other words, employers from elite investment banks and such generally group both Columbia and Wharton with HYP instead of the rest of the ivies. I think it’s fair to say that both Columbia and Wharton are elite.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Elite:

Harvard
Stanford
Yale
MIT
Princeton
Columbia
(Wharton)

I’m ok with this, but take out Columbia

Agree Columbia is out

So is “(Wharton).” So pathetic to pick out as a single program as a proxy for a less impressive university (Penn).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Elite:

Harvard
Stanford
Yale
MIT
Princeton
Columbia
(Wharton)

I’m ok with this, but take out Columbia

Agree Columbia is out

There is a research article about how employers of elite firms view these schools, titled “Ivies, Extracurriculars, and Exclusion: Elite Employers' Use of Educational Credentials,” by Professor Lauren Rivera of Northwestern University.

Here’s a quote from the study:"Brown, Cornell, Dartmouth, and University of Pennsylvania (Arts and Sciences) were frequently described as 'second tier' schools that were filled primarily with candidates who 'didn’t get in' to a super-elite school."

In other words, employers from elite investment banks and such generally group both Columbia and Wharton with HYP instead of the rest of the ivies. I think it’s fair to say that both Columbia and Wharton are elite.

No in most finance circles, Wharton is a step above Columbia

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Elite:

Harvard
Stanford
Yale
MIT
Princeton
Columbia
(Wharton)

I’m ok with this, but take out Columbia

Agree Columbia is out

There is a research article about how employers of elite firms view these schools, titled “Ivies, Extracurriculars, and Exclusion: Elite Employers' Use of Educational Credentials,” by Professor Lauren Rivera of Northwestern University.

Here’s a quote from the study:"Brown, Cornell, Dartmouth, and University of Pennsylvania (Arts and Sciences) were frequently described as 'second tier' schools that were filled primarily with candidates who 'didn’t get in' to a super-elite school."

In other words, employers from elite investment banks and such generally group both Columbia and Wharton with HYP instead of the rest of the ivies. I think it’s fair to say that both Columbia and Wharton are elite.

I hear you, but what they’re really saying is HPY. Those are the super-elite, not just because of the students, but the professors, the network, the history. Those schools have it all. Drop the mic. And, no, I’m not a booster; I didn’t go to any of them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Elite:

Harvard
Stanford
Yale
MIT
Princeton
Columbia
(Wharton)

I’m ok with this, but take out Columbia

Agree Columbia is out

There is a research article about how employers of elite firms view these schools, titled “Ivies, Extracurriculars, and Exclusion: Elite Employers' Use of Educational Credentials,” by Professor Lauren Rivera of Northwestern University.

Here’s a quote from the study:"Brown, Cornell, Dartmouth, and University of Pennsylvania (Arts and Sciences) were frequently described as 'second tier' schools that were filled primarily with candidates who 'didn’t get in' to a super-elite school."

In other words, employers from elite investment banks and such generally group both Columbia and Wharton with HYP instead of the rest of the ivies. I think it’s fair to say that both Columbia and Wharton are elite.

I hear you, but what they’re really saying is HPY. Those are the super-elite, not just because of the students, but the professors, the network, the history. Those schools have it all. Drop the mic. And, no, I’m not a booster; I didn’t go to any of them.

Says a local Podunk grad.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Elite:

Harvard
Stanford
Yale
MIT
Princeton
Columbia
(Wharton)

I’m ok with this, but take out Columbia

Agree Columbia is out

There is a research article about how employers of elite firms view these schools, titled “Ivies, Extracurriculars, and Exclusion: Elite Employers' Use of Educational Credentials,” by Professor Lauren Rivera of Northwestern University.

Here’s a quote from the study:"Brown, Cornell, Dartmouth, and University of Pennsylvania (Arts and Sciences) were frequently described as 'second tier' schools that were filled primarily with candidates who 'didn’t get in' to a super-elite school."

In other words, employers from elite investment banks and such generally group both Columbia and Wharton with HYP instead of the rest of the ivies. I think it’s fair to say that both Columbia and Wharton are elite.

I hear you, but what they’re really saying is HPY. Those are the super-elite, not just because of the students, but the professors, the network, the history. Those schools have it all. Drop the mic. And, no, I’m not a booster; I didn’t go to any of them.

I don’t think it’s a good idea to use history as an argument for HYP. You’ll end up uncovering things about the country’s past that you wish you wouldn’t have found out about.

[Anonymous]

I thought it was well known that Sasha chose Michigan because her best friends were also going there. It's nearly impossible to have a group of friends get into the same Ivy, but it's fairly easy for a group of filthy rich DC prep school kids to all go to UVA, NYU or Michigan.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Elite:

Harvard
Stanford
Yale
MIT
Princeton
Columbia
(Wharton)

I’m ok with this, but take out Columbia

Agree Columbia is out

+1

Columbia has lots of not so bright kids, as is evident in that other thread started by the Columbia kid giving excuse after excuse.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Elite:

Harvard
Stanford
Yale
MIT
Princeton
Columbia
(Wharton)

I’m ok with this, but take out Columbia

Agree Columbia is out

There is a research article about how employers of elite firms view these schools, titled “Ivies, Extracurriculars, and Exclusion: Elite Employers' Use of Educational Credentials,” by Professor Lauren Rivera of Northwestern University.

Here’s a quote from the study:"Brown, Cornell, Dartmouth, and University of Pennsylvania (Arts and Sciences) were frequently described as 'second tier' schools that were filled primarily with candidates who 'didn’t get in' to a super-elite school."

In other words, employers from elite investment banks and such generally group both Columbia and Wharton with HYP instead of the rest of the ivies. I think it’s fair to say that both Columbia and Wharton are elite.

No in most finance circles, Wharton is a step above Columbia

Wharton is 3 steps above Columbia!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Elite:

Harvard
Stanford
Yale
MIT
Princeton
Columbia
(Wharton)

I’m ok with this, but take out Columbia

Agree Columbia is out

+1

Columbia has lots of not so bright kids, as is evident in that other thread started by the Columbia kid giving excuse after excuse.

LMAO. Classic DCUM fuzzy logic

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Elite:

Harvard
Stanford
Yale
MIT
Princeton
Columbia
(Wharton)

I’m ok with this, but take out Columbia

Agree Columbia is out

There is a research article about how employers of elite firms view these schools, titled “Ivies, Extracurriculars, and Exclusion: Elite Employers' Use of Educational Credentials,” by Professor Lauren Rivera of Northwestern University.

Here’s a quote from the study:"Brown, Cornell, Dartmouth, and University of Pennsylvania (Arts and Sciences) were frequently described as 'second tier' schools that were filled primarily with candidates who 'didn’t get in' to a super-elite school."

In other words, employers from elite investment banks and such generally group both Columbia and Wharton with HYP instead of the rest of the ivies. I think it’s fair to say that both Columbia and Wharton are elite.

No in most finance circles, Wharton is a step above Columbia

Wharton is 3 steps above Columbia!

No one gives an F about Wharton except the people who went there. And certainly no one cares about UPenn.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I thought it was well known that Sasha chose Michigan because her best friends were also going there. It's nearly impossible to have a group of friends get into the same Ivy, but it's fairly easy for a group of filthy rich DC prep school kids to all go to UVA, NYU or Michigan.

Nailed it!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Elite:

Harvard
Stanford
Yale
MIT
Princeton
Columbia
(Wharton)

I’m ok with this, but take out Columbia

Agree Columbia is out

There is a research article about how employers of elite firms view these schools, titled “Ivies, Extracurriculars, and Exclusion: Elite Employers' Use of Educational Credentials,” by Professor Lauren Rivera of Northwestern University.

Here’s a quote from the study:"Brown, Cornell, Dartmouth, and University of Pennsylvania (Arts and Sciences) were frequently described as 'second tier' schools that were filled primarily with candidates who 'didn’t get in' to a super-elite school."

In other words, employers from elite investment banks and such generally group both Columbia and Wharton with HYP instead of the rest of the ivies. I think it’s fair to say that both Columbia and Wharton are elite.

No in most finance circles, Wharton is a step above Columbia

Wharton is 3 steps above Columbia!

No one gives an F about Wharton except the people who went there. And certainly no one cares about UPenn.

Certainly more so than Columbia though

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Elite:

Harvard
Stanford
Yale
MIT
Princeton
Columbia
(Wharton)

I’m ok with this, but take out Columbia

Agree Columbia is out

There is a research article about how employers of elite firms view these schools, titled “Ivies, Extracurriculars, and Exclusion: Elite Employers' Use of Educational Credentials,” by Professor Lauren Rivera of Northwestern University.

Here’s a quote from the study:"Brown, Cornell, Dartmouth, and University of Pennsylvania (Arts and Sciences) were frequently described as 'second tier' schools that were filled primarily with candidates who 'didn’t get in' to a super-elite school."

In other words, employers from elite investment banks and such generally group both Columbia and Wharton with HYP instead of the rest of the ivies. I think it’s fair to say that both Columbia and Wharton are elite.

No in most finance circles, Wharton is a step above Columbia

Wharton is 3 steps above Columbia!

No one gives an F about Wharton except the people who went there. And certainly no one cares about UPenn.

Certainly more so than Columbia though

The vast majority of people in this country and in the world think UPenn is the state flagship of the state of Pennsylvania. The people who do know only learn about the school midway through high school when they Google which colleges are in the Ivy League and realize that UPenn is one. Absolutely no one thinks of it more highly than Columbia, which has a doubled cachet being the NYC Ivy, is higher ranked, more prestigious, and more selective.