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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]HYPSM, Columbia, Penn, Chicago, Northwestern, Duke, Caltech, Hopkins, in some combination.[/quote]

Why do so many people group HYPSM? Private counselors really push it and push things like "top 10" when any ranking has a school in the top 10. At this point it really is HS and then a gap.
Top 10 is a completely arbitrary cutoff and there is no solid list. Several lists have Chicago and Hopkins outside the top 10 for example.[/quote]

HYPSM = Elite of the Elite[/quote]

Not Y anymore, too weak for STEM.[/quote]
I don't think you understand what STEM is. Maybe Yale isn't quite as strong in CS and closely related eng fields (which it is investing heavily in now) but it is plenty strong in other science and math areas.
STEM misunderstanding is out of control in DC, which is funny because it is not viewed so narrowly in Silicon Valley where we moved from.[/quote]

No I understand completely what STEM is. Yale is not tops at a single STEM subject, whereas HPSM are tops in at least 1 STEM subject each. Harvard is tops for physics, math, biology, chemistry. Princeton is tops for physics, math, chemistry, cs, and engineering. Stanford and MIT are pre-eminent for all STEM. Yale is not tops at any of those subjects, I would be more impressed by a Penn or Duke grad in many STEM disciplines.[/quote]

Those pool Yale STEM grads (who are currently benefitting from big STEM investment and tons of research opportunity) will get over you not being impressed  by them...someday[/quote]

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