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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's interesting that the article is 90% about how these schools are incorporating AI into really everything throughout the curriculum.

Wasn't expecting that to be the thrust of it.[/quote]

No it didn't. It just said the reality of AI is changing hiring. The quote I took away was “The most promising talents today are beginning to emerge from institutions that prioritize intellectual rigor over inherited prestige.” And - "That Ivy League-wariness persists, with 37% of respondents this year saying they are less likely to hire Ivy League grads than they were five years ago, and only 6% saying they’re more likely to do so."

Talent matters. And companies recognize that all the hooked this and that at Harvard and Princeton generally aren't great hires in 2026. Students at colleges that prioritize real talent tend to be better. I mean this is a pretty obvious observation for anyone that has been paying attention for the past five years. [/quote]

I mean...yes it literally did.  The first three paragraphs are about how AI is changing the jobs landscape.  The next 4 paragraphs are about how the schools on the list are adapting to this new environment by incorporating AI.  Then there is the 1 paragraph that you pulled from above.  Then there like 8 more paragraphs again about how the schools are using AI.

So... you are correct because it's more like 95% of the article is how these schools are using AI.

BTW...that paragraph is really just utter bullshit and I have a kid at an actual Ivy and a "New Ivy" that's on the list.  Both are great for these kids but my Ivy kid has so many opportunities available to them.  The issue is the people responding to the Forbes survey are coming from your traditional corporate environments (think executives at Coca Cola or P&G), and it's true the Ivy kids aren't particularly interested in these jobs much anymore.[/quote]
Which opportunities does the Ivy kid have that the "new Ivy" kid doesn't?[/quote]

You will see hedge funds, some VC funds, start-up funding groups recruiting founders (YC and others), boutique firms founded by alums, etc in significant numbers at Ivy schools.

The New Ivy schools aren’t as equivalent a monolith.  CMU will have the above (though nothing close to the number of boutique PE, IB, consulting started by alums), but you won’t see the same at Case or WashU or Tufts or Georgetown are examples.[/quote]

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