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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]West Pointers and Navy grads are better than anything the Ivys produce? Why? They are taught to be leaders? They also are taught to realize that success or failure will come from how well you work with the man or woman to your left or right. I've heard at the Ivies, esp. Harvard, there is a degree of cutthroat competition where students will actually engage in a bit of schadenfreude at the failure of a classmate or friend. We did a tour of Harvard and one student said she loves the school but hates her classmates.[/quote]

I'd like to believe this, being patriotic and all, but the former West Pointers and Navy grads I've come across in the private sector have been pretty average.  They haven't stood out as leaders, and have tended to be quite linear and a bit at bay if they aren't given very specific instructions on how to do a task.

The Ivy Leaguers, on the other hand, are pretty much as described elsewhere.  Some are terrible BSers and wash out quickly.  However, others are incredibly smart and hard-working.  [/quote]

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