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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]MIT was MIT for a long time before it got incorporated into HYPSM.  *It* didn't change; the perception of its desirability did. The point is prestige is faddish.  Tech is in vogue. How long that will last is a matter of debate (see NYT article about job prospects).  And if it does last, it could easily represent a threat to elite colleges as we know them.

A part of me thinks that the M is in there as an attempt to bolster the scholarly cred of HYPS -- i.e. to pretend that this constellation represents an aspiration to academic excellence rather than to fame/power/status/fortune or perhaps that acceptance into the club is a mark of brains and determination rather than of privilege. The kids for whom HYPS are essentially interchangeable are typically not good candidates for MIT (and vice versa). [/quote]

The kids who went to MIT when I went to an Ivy had typically been rejected by HYP.  Has that changed? [/quote]

Lol......I seriously doubt that you went to an HYP.  Nobody, and I mean nobody, i know that went to one of these schools would be so insecure and crass.[/quote]

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