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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ivies used to have a monopoly or close to it in the smartest kids, so it was a useful signal, but nowadays the gap between these elite schools and so called second tier schools is very narrow.  Just look at standardized test data. Plus there is the recognition that while half the class at Ivies are top notch students, the other half are hooked, beneficiaries of woke policies, etc.

For example, the intellectual gap between the average Ivy League student and the average SLAC student is minor at this point. Thirty years ago it was more significant. [/quote]

I am aghast that any of us who went to HYP in the 90s think we were the "smartest kids" - I mean .. I thought this at 19, but at some point didn't you guys have careers, meet people from all over the United States and the world and reconsider this?[/quote]

The opposite. Went to HYP. Then went to top grad school. Then had career which took me around the world. Most intellectually impressive people I ever met were from undergrad. Certainly not everyone (athletes, rich kids, etc), and this didn’t necessarily translate into success. But in terms of brains. [/quote]

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