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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not delusional at all.  Look at the last two years of tech hiring from Brown.  1/5 of class is now majoring in computer science.  Large numbers going to google, Facebook, and many others.  Brown’s engineering program has been around for over 100 years.  Harvard and Yale have brand spanking new engineering buildings but they aren’t even ABET accredited in many engineering disciplines.  Both struggle to attract professors in STEM.  They kind of don’t even know how to do STEM at Harvard.  Putting that Paulson building a million miles away in Allston reflects a certain second-class mindset.  Brown will surpass Yale in a few years.  It is all about relevance and Yale and Harvard are losing it while Brown is gaining it.  Seriously, look at the recruiting data.  Big Law is getting structurally downsized/disintermediated and investment banks are increasingly hiring STEM types from Brown, Michigan, MIT, Columbia, and Stanford, not Econ majors from Harvard and Yale.  Disruption in the higher echelons of education.  Harvard and Yale and maybe even Princeton need to reinvent themselves.  What’s that they say about laurels…[/quote]

...Brown should be ranked #14 at best[/quote]

Different poster, but Harvard and Yale really have lackluster STEM programs that is not worthy of their prestige. Despite this, I still think Harvard can survive because of its unparalleled brand and top grad programs. Yale on the other hand, has less that it can make up for with its brand (being a Yale man today is not the same thing it meant a few decades ago) and their mediocre med and business school really hurts them. It won’t be a surprise if in a few years, Princeton and Columbia will be more prestigious than Yale, and Brown more desirable at the ugrad level.[/quote]
A top 10 medical school is mediocre. This site is full faux pretentiousness. [/quote]

Not PP, but I'll throw in my two cents here. With a non-M7 business school full of cash cow programs for rich international students, yes, SOM is definitely considered mediocre by many in the industry, including myself. I've never heard of any business schools that take fresh college graduates without any working experience. It's a good business school, but really an afterthought for many who can't get into more competitive and well-known ones and being in some arbitrarily named undergraduate grouping doesn't help at all - unless you're comparing with lower tier business schools like Georgetown and UVA. The job prospects, alumni representation, and student caliber is decidedly weaker than Yale College grads. I know many a Yale College grad who end up at HBS, but vice versa, not really. And while you are comparing medical schools with places like Penn, Columbia, NYU, Stanford, and JHU, it's really not as stellar as some make it out to be. [/quote]

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