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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Is there anything quite as pathetic as a bunch of status-obsessed strivers proclaiming with absolute confidence that a bunch of universities of which they have no personal knowledge are categorically superior to a bunch of other universities of which they also have no personal knowledge?

This is a clown show.[/quote]

+1 . This is hilarious. I also had no idea that I have to impress Bob from accounting in order to maintain the school's reputation. [/quote]

Agree that this is all a little silly. These are all great schools. It just depends on the kid. The right fit is the right fit. However...

The poster who mentioned Georgetown and Dartmouth. Yes.

A lot of SLACs too. Sarah Lawrence in particular. I would add Wiliams and Amherst. The traditional top ones, Great schools, but not really relevant when it comes to engineering or computer science. It's the same with a lot of the ivies. Maryland is better than Yale when it comes to engineering.The University of Illinois - Urbana Champaign is better than Harvard when it comes to computer science. Georgia Tech is a better school than most of the big traditional brand schools

So much of the "prestige" thing seems really antiquated. No one is going to say Princeton sucks. But generally speaking, schools in New England, Pennsylvania, and Ohio aren't regarded as favorably as they used to be, Obviously there are exceptions, MIT, Bowdoin, Colby. Very desirable. But a lot of smart kids seem to look more favorably towards the South and the West these days. Things are changing. Northeastern SLACs are generally out of favor. The University of Florida is in. IB and consulting recruitment will eventually follow. There's definitely a change going on
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Not everyone wants to study STEM.  [/quote]

Not everyone SHOULD study STEM.  We'll be all the poorer of a society if everyone did, and I don't mean financially.[/quote]

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