Curious Question - Just for fun....What are the "Elites"

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Anonymous wrote:Another college prof. Similar reaction. Though I'd add JHU to elite as well.

Cal, UCLA, and Michigan are all excellent schools. Which makes me wonder why they aren't considered elite. Public? Less expensive? Don't turn enough people away? More diverse student bodies that aren't predominantly pre-professional? I suspect "upper middle class" is a necessary but not sufficient condition for how most people define what schools are elite.

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Another college prof. Similar reaction. Though I'd add JHU to elite as well.

Cal, UCLA, and Michigan are all excellent schools. Which makes me wonder why they aren't considered elite. Public? Less expensive? Don't turn enough people away? More diverse student bodies that aren't predominantly pre-professional? I suspect "upper middle class" is a necessary but not sufficient condition for how most people define what schools are elite.

Bingo! We have a winner!

Another college prof --- different reaction. Cal, UCLA, and Michigan have great faculty, and some of the students are stellar. However, they have long bottom tail. For example the bottom 25% of Cal admits reporting ACT had a math score of 27 or less. At Stanford that score was 30 and at Yale 31. Some, like Chicago are higher. Given large numbers of regular not particularly accomplished folks getting to places like Cal, UCLA and Michigan it becomes hard to call them elite for undergraduate education. Grad school is another matter.