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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think Ivy League Vandy Duke UChicago Northwestern boosters/parents are triggered by UVA boosters/parents sheer happiness and lack of care about the supposed "status" of a hyper-selective private. UVA parents just don't give a sh*t, which the private boosters take as some sort of obliviousness they have to poke a hole into (respect my perfect parenting and high status!). Honestly, the average outcome of the hyper-selective kids and UVA kids is damn near identical. I think the hyper-selective parents expect people to bend over backwards whenever they namedrop the college. Nobody really cares. And if the kid just ends up in a normal middle class 9-5 job, what was the point.[/quote]

Well, I'm not sure the average outcomes are the same between UVA and say Princeton or Duke.  If you look at this report, which factors earnings but adjusts for mix of majors and selectivity to make it more apples to apples, you can see UVA lags Princeton and Duke.   https://cew.georgetown.edu/cew-reports/college-rankings/#interactive .

But Princeton and Duke are more selective, so the real question would be whether there is an impact on outcomes for attending Princeton or Duke or UVA for a student with the same credentials (for instance Princeton-level credentials).  That is hard to say.

There is a huge focus on institutional prestige on this board, but another report from the same research center shows that majors are what is really important (although do not completely control destiny).   https://cew.georgetown.edu/cew-reports/5rules/[/quote]

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