Where does prestige stop?

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Anonymous wrote:Most prestigious:
Harvard, Stanford, MIT, Caltech, Penn, Princeton

Less prestigious:
Yale, Columbia, Hopkins, Chicago, Northwestern

Afterwards:
No prestige

Penn does not belong in that top group. Not even Wharton. Yale has far more prestige.

30 years ago you would have been correct. Now Penn is in the top group.

Penn is on the rise with over 72,000 apps this year. Yale apps went down.

Because every. single. male. wants to be a business bro without particularly caring about the specific job title. And there is no better baldly unapologetically pre-professional place to do that in 2025 than Penn.

Doesn’t even have to be Wharton. Q: Son, what do you think you want to do when you grow up? 17-19 yr old male A: Make bank.

No. The deans have said for the past 4 cycles that Penn Engineering is the hardest school, not wharton, with the most recent acceptance rate around 2.5% and prior to that 3 years of 3-3.5% acceptance rate for Seas. The figure has been quoted many times by faculty at parent events over our 4 yrs and again around grad week. Female applicants to engineering at the top privates including penn is the group that has skyrocketed the past few years, with close to 40% of applicants up from 30% 6-7 years ago. Female engineers prefer the liberal arts options that penn engineering and most of the ivies/ t15 provide. Wharton still gets a lot of apps but it has a higher acceptance rate. And, females are rapidly increased there too.

Engineering in any school will be lot harder than Business ( who the ***k does business in undergraduates but loudmouths with questionable cerebrum) no wonder these slicks wander around in pre professional attire but deep down they know they are hollow and faking it…( typ whartonites )

[Anonymous]

No matter what kind of school it is, once you understand how the admissions process works and see that many white-collar criminals and corrupt politicians come from that school, its prestige disappears.

I believe prestige should be given to the students, not the school. The reality is that many excellent people go to various schools for many different reasons.

Instead of obsessing over the school, support your child so they can grow into a valuable member of society.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Most prestigious:
Harvard, Stanford, MIT, Caltech, Penn, Princeton

Less prestigious:
Yale, Columbia, Hopkins, Chicago, Northwestern

Afterwards:
No prestige

Penn does not belong in that top group. Not even Wharton. Yale has far more prestige.

30 years ago you would have been correct. Now Penn is in the top group.

Penn is on the rise with over 72,000 apps this year. Yale apps went down.

Penn grads are destroying the country.

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Yeah, business degree is for the smooth brained. What a silly thing to "study", just go and work, lol.

[Anonymous]

Only 2 schools in Boston have prestige Harvard and MIT obviously. BC, BU, and NEU never had and never will. Add in Wellesley College for prestige but very limited customer base.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Only 2 schools in Boston have prestige Harvard and MIT obviously. BC, BU, and NEU never had and never will. Add in Wellesley College for prestige but very limited customer base.

So what? The other boston schools are still good schools to attend.

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Anonymous wrote:Only 2 schools in Boston have prestige Harvard and MIT obviously. BC, BU, and NEU never had and never will. Add in Wellesley College for prestige but very limited customer base.

BC is fairly prestigious and BU is respectable. Not sure about NEU.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yeah, business degree is for the smooth brained. What a silly thing to "study", just go and work, lol.

Undergrad at Wharton is generally considered the equivalent of an MBA.

Not sure why undergrad business degree would be silly. Their graduates are in demand and are compensated well.

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Anonymous wrote:Most prestigious:
Harvard, Stanford, MIT, Caltech, Penn, Princeton

Less prestigious:
Yale, Columbia, Hopkins, Chicago, Northwestern

Afterwards:
No prestige

Penn does not belong in that top group. Not even Wharton. Yale has far more prestige.

30 years ago you would have been correct. Now Penn is in the top group.

Penn is on the rise with over 72,000 apps this year. Yale apps went down.

Penn grads are destroying the country.

So are Harvard and Yale grads.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Yeah, business degree is for the smooth brained. What a silly thing to "study", just go and work, lol.

Undergrad at Wharton is generally considered the equivalent of an MBA.

Not sure why undergrad business degree would be silly. Their graduates are in demand and are compensated well.

The Wharton grads i know are getting MBB offers. Good but not amazing.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Yeah, business degree is for the smooth brained. What a silly thing to "study", just go and work, lol.

Undergrad at Wharton is generally considered the equivalent of an MBA.

Not sure why undergrad business degree would be silly. Their graduates are in demand and are compensated well.

The Wharton grads i know are getting MBB offers. Good but not amazing.

In this economy, that is great. Many new grads can't find a job.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Yeah, business degree is for the smooth brained. What a silly thing to "study", just go and work, lol.

Undergrad at Wharton is generally considered the equivalent of an MBA.

Not sure why undergrad business degree would be silly. Their graduates are in demand and are compensated well.

The Wharton grads i know are getting MBB offers. Good but not amazing.

In what world is an MBB offer good but not amazing

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Just below where my kids go to college.

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Anonymous wrote:Yeah, business degree is for the smooth brained. What a silly thing to "study", just go and work, lol.

You sound like working at Walmart as a cashier.

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Anonymous wrote:Most prestigious:
Harvard, Stanford, MIT, Caltech, Penn, Princeton

Less prestigious:
Yale, Columbia, Hopkins, Chicago, Northwestern

Afterwards:
No prestige

Penn does not belong in that top group. Not even Wharton. Yale has far more prestige.

30 years ago you would have been correct. Now Penn is in the top group.

Penn is on the rise with over 72,000 apps this year. Yale apps went down.

Penn grads are destroying the country.

So are Harvard and Yale grads.

Not at the same level of destructiveness.