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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Gladwell is a 57-year-old childless Canadian. Why would anyone care what he thinks as it relates to what college to send your child to? Why doesn't he poll his New Yorker and media elite friends with teen and 20-something kids and see where they all send their kids (hint: Ivies, Stanford, Duke, Chicago, Barnard, Georgetown, NYU and the top few SLACs — period).

I agree the rankings have jumped the shark. But wanting to send your kid to an elite college isn't going anywhere. If anything, it's fiercer because when everyone teen goes to college, you signal your class status (and/or IQ) with a prestige bachelor's[/quote]

I'm sorry but NYU is not an elite or prestigious school.[/quote]

It is for the 80000 kids that apply and wealthy people creative and urban dwellers. It’s not for Virginia stem parents. It’s also the number 1dream school for the last 10 years or so.  [/quote]

By this metric the California state system is the most prestigious set of schools in the country, far more than the Ivy League.[/quote]

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