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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Harvard and Yale are less and less of a thing, if you’ve been paying attention. [/quote]

That's true. But MIT is still a thing. And so too are most of the schools ranked 5-20. Those schools tend to give exceptionally good grant-based financial aid, so they are generally accessible to nearly every bright kid fortunate enough to be accepted. People may have thrown up their hands with HYPS, sensing - correctly - that those four schools are just a club for the super-hooked and privileged. But I suspect most will still regard students at the other T20 schools as bright and accomplished and fairly elite with their talents and brainpower. Harvard might not be a meritocracy, but schools like Rice and CalTech and Duke and Northwestern are going to continue to be regarded as schools for smart kids.

Otherwise, many of the best and brightest today are foregoing $400,000 private universities and choosing state flagships instead. No doubt employers and graduate schools have noticed and are recalibrating where they recruit. So, a little less Harvard and Yale. And a lot more Michigan and UVA and the other major flagships.  [/quote]

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