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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Schools that feel “strivery” are annoying. Doesn’t mean the education isn’t just fine but not what they comport themselves to be.

Examples: U chicago (while a good school for sure, the kids and school feel like they are trying too too hard) , Tulane, Wash U,   NYU. [/quote]

[b]Yeah, because heaven forbid any school that wasn’t prized a century ago improve itself and become prestigious.[/b] Same for people, if you weren’t born into wealth and privilege, don’t bother trying to earn your way up.  ‘Striver’ is a word the insecure elite use to close ranks and protect their privilege. But guess, what—institutions change. And people, too. [/quote]

By "improve itself" you mean by hook or by crook move its way up a totally bogus college ranking list by a defunct magazine? :roll: And your striver mindset ignores or simply doesn't comprehend or value the traditions, history, and je ne sais quoi those old institutions offer. And it's not as if the Ivies have slipped, they are in higher demand than ever before and their endowments are strong, so nobody can really pass them.

Stanford is elite but it doesn't match the vibe an history of the Ivies. Plus it's D1 sports obsessed, same for Duke, Notre Dame, and Northwestern, so they all have a jock-sniffing go team go public university vibe.[/quote]

And you know this because you go there / recently graduated from there? If not your opinion means nothing. [/quote]

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