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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]That would have been WOW a few years ago. Now word is out about some of those schools. A Harvard/Penn/Cornell/Columbia degree is going to worth far less and it's going to be easier to get in. Harvard already admits they have fewer applicants and more people turned down ED. A lot of workplaces don't want to be concerned that you can can't cope with diversity. Jews may only be something like .2% of the population, but you need to be able to be respectful of Jewish clients and coworkers. The degree alone will make people side-eye you unless it is from the era post first round of Jewish quotas and pre Jew hate...so maybe 70s, 80s or 90s are OK.[/quote]

Kids are not thinking about this at all and neither would I. I’m hopeful of a dip in apps the year my DC applies so there’s less competition for these schools but definitely not counting on it.[/quote]

Yes, I doubt kids are thinking about it, but a lot of families are and unless you are wealthy, which a lot of these families likely are, you cannot afford the risk of the school's name making your kid less of a candidate. These schools will end up having a lot of wealthy families, probably an increasing percentage with ties to places like Qatar, Jordan, etc and the money stream will keep coming even if the US government refuses to give any more money. The thing is middle class families need their kids to be fully employable and won't have the connections to make sure their kids get a job. Harvard used to open so many doors, now it will close more doors.[/quote]

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