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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]And sadly, schools that cutoff at the 3.9 level are going to miss a lot of great kids.  Who  says that a 3.9 kid at a top private has learned more than a 3.2 kid.  At our school a lot of the 3.2 kids are just as smart, and pretty hardworking, but kinder, more passionate, less self-absorbed and more interesting than some of the 3.9s.  This is not to criticize those at the tippy top, but rather to sway that a lot of that energy gets lost in a highly stats driven admissions process.  My husband went to an Ivy, and he wonders if it would be as interesting an experience now.  [/quote]

We were discussing this at work the other day. We work with/hire lots of young, ambitious college graduates, and have been completely underwhelmed by the HYP graduates that we've been seeing lately.  They have been far outperformed by the graduates of the "lesser" schools.  This is a small sample, but it belies the narrative that only "outstanding, hardworking, total package" kids get into HYP.  We finally concluded that these schools admit kids that are good at school, and that doesn't necessarily translate to the real world. YMMV[/quote]

Totally agree.  We consistently have HYP interens and young hires and I'm consistently underwhelmed by their performance.  They are "smart'" but clearly not the go-getters and often lack common sense and good judgment and have a total sense of entitlement.  We have started to look for others at top tier or two tier schools and have had much more success.  I think a lot of these soon to be graduates are about to have a rude awakening. [/quote]

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