Pseudo prestigious privates

[Anonymous]

You should all get together for lunch since you all care so much about prestige. You’d be great friends.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm not saying that these are bad schools. They're not. They're basically on the level of the better state flagships, which are also very good in many cases and great in others. So I'm left scratching my head over why families are picking them, and it can only come down to snobbery. Right? What am I missing?

But snobbery for what? If your kid goes to UVA, it's just as well respected and more so than virtually all of the schools on this list and for only half the price or less. People will argue that Wash U or Emory are "better" but their academic reputations aren't better and in fact UVA is ahead of both of them in its "peer assessment" score. At most, one can plausibly claim they're a "little" better but no so much as to justify the price.

The claim here that "you're jealous that you can't afford them" or the flagships are for poor kids is laughable. UVA is full of rich kids -- in fact, that's one of the most common knocks against it.

It can only be snobbery, but it's misplaced because the schools listed don't have real snob appeal.

What’s funny is you could make the same claim about all the OOS kids that pick UVA, right?

Why would anyone pay over $90k to study engineering or business at UVA vs going to what is likely a good to great in state flagship? Especially for most STEM fields where UVA isn’t even a thought.

That’s insane, right?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Poor OP, so insecure and miserable that they need to go online picking fights with people and pretending to be Ivies or bust.

Sucks to be you, I guess.

Not Ivy or bust at all. Just saying that private school parents who can’t get their kids into Ivies tell themselves that these schools are great just because they’re private and expensive — but they’re not great. At all. Many state flagships are better, certainly the ones around here.

Why can’t you just worry about your own kids? You are insufferable. Everyone isn’t looking to compete with your kid and many choose based on fit, not the “perceived prestige” you are obsessed with.

You really need help.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Poor OP, so insecure and miserable that they need to go online picking fights with people and pretending to be Ivies or bust.

Sucks to be you, I guess.

Not Ivy or bust at all. Just saying that private school parents who can’t get their kids into Ivies tell themselves that these schools are great just because they’re private and expensive — but they’re not great. At all. Many state flagships are better, certainly the ones around here.

Why can’t you just worry about your own kids? You are insufferable. Everyone isn’t looking to compete with your kid and many choose based on fit, not the “perceived prestige” you are obsessed with.

You really need help.

+1. Plenty of public school parents sending their kids to the supposedly Ivy-reject-private-school-parent-cope schools OP disdains. I know because my kid (who had no interest in the Ivies and did not apply) is at one of those schools and their roommate attended public school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm not saying that these are bad schools. They're not. They're basically on the level of the better state flagships, which are also very good in many cases and great in others. So I'm left scratching my head over why families are picking them, and it can only come down to snobbery. Right? What am I missing?

But snobbery for what? If your kid goes to UVA, it's just as well respected and more so than virtually all of the schools on this list and for only half the price or less. People will argue that Wash U or Emory are "better" but their academic reputations aren't better and in fact UVA is ahead of both of them in its "peer assessment" score. At most, one can plausibly claim they're a "little" better but no so much as to justify the price.

The claim here that "you're jealous that you can't afford them" or the flagships are for poor kids is laughable. UVA is full of rich kids -- in fact, that's one of the most common knocks against it.

It can only be snobbery, but it's misplaced because the schools listed don't have real snob appeal.

DCUM has some families paying $50K+ for private high school already ( there's a separate forum for that alone). Most of those parents can "afford " the private colleges mentioned in OP's post. Maybe they don't like/want the state school (some are very good, some aren't). Smart kids getting into those private colleges ( very low acceptance rates) have options.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP is an ignorant moron. With a few exceptions, that list is comprised of fantastic schools that are incredibly hard to get into.

They’re not fantastic. They’re just not.

What is your problem? Get a life.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm not saying that these are bad schools. They're not. They're basically on the level of the better state flagships, which are also very good in many cases and great in others. So I'm left scratching my head over why families are picking them, and it can only come down to snobbery. Right? What am I missing?

But snobbery for what? If your kid goes to UVA, it's just as well respected and more so than virtually all of the schools on this list and for only half the price or less. People will argue that Wash U or Emory are "better" but their academic reputations aren't better and in fact UVA is ahead of both of them in its "peer assessment" score. At most, one can plausibly claim they're a "little" better but no so much as to justify the price.

The claim here that "you're jealous that you can't afford them" or the flagships are for poor kids is laughable. UVA is full of rich kids -- in fact, that's one of the most common knocks against it.

It can only be snobbery, but it's misplaced because the schools listed don't have real snob appeal.

Emory and UVa both have a 4.2 peer assessment score, stop lying. Emory is better overall because Emory wins cross admits according to parchment and its simply harder to get into. T25 privates are better than T25 publics but at the end of the day, Uva is still T25.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP is an ignorant moron. With a few exceptions, that list is comprised of fantastic schools that are incredibly hard to get into.

They’re not fantastic. They’re just not.

Whenever someone uses “they’re just not” or “it’s just not” as the sole evidence to support a conclusion, you can be certain that person doesn’t have a clue.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We all know they're just expensive backups that are no better than the better state flagships, but private school parents have convinced themselves that they're prestigious.

In US News order:

WashU
Emory
NYU
BU
Wake
Northeastern
Tulane

Northeastern is a religious school?

I thought it was a public university.

[Anonymous]

Why is “harder to get into” relevant regarding quality of education?

[Anonymous]

Could GWU even be called pseudo prestigious?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why is “harder to get into” relevant regarding quality of education?

News flash: you cannot attend if you don’t get in.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why is “harder to get into” relevant regarding quality of education?

There's hundreds of quality schools, we only care about the exclusive ones. We suddenly play facetious when it comes to Emory's (or schools like it) selectivity. Its great your DC can get an equal or near equal education at Uva, Wake, William and Mary etc. Your child still couldn't get into Emory or WashU and you know that matters or you wouldn't be so bitter about it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Poor OP, so insecure and miserable that they need to go online picking fights with people and pretending to be Ivies or bust.

Sucks to be you, I guess.

Not Ivy or bust at all. Just saying that private school parents who can’t get their kids into Ivies tell themselves that these schools are great just because they’re private and expensive — but they’re not great. At all. Many state flagships are better, certainly the ones around here.

Maybe they want a school in a big city, where there are abundant internship & employment opportunities, easy access to airports, a geographically diverse student body, smaller classes etc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why is “harder to get into” relevant regarding quality of education?

News flash: you cannot attend if you don’t get in.

So?