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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]That’s fine. I think this is a good thing as more people realize that Harvard and other Ivies have a mix of high and low ability students, and that there are many high ability students at other schools who didn’t get into these “elite” schools because they didn’t fit the “insitutional priorities.” These Ivy + schools will stop being thought of as the “best of the best” and just become one of many other decent schools. maybe that will decrease the insane competition to get into them. I say this as someone with two Ivy degrees. It’s just a school, going or not going is not going to determine the course of one’s life.  [/quote]
This is the realistic view. The idea that Harvard holds only the best of the best hasn’t…really ever been true. It’s historically held the richest of the richest, but I hope people here can understand why that may not necessarily (and doesn’t) mean the most intellectual. I wish we’d actually embrace our liberal arts model for its uniqueness and stop obsessing over Princeton or Harvard or whatnot. In general, there’s some-conservative-150 liberal arts colleges and universities that can provide you a stellar education with excessive resources to succeed. The smartest people are distributed all around, and you can find successful peers at many institutions.[/quote]

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