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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The writers seem to blame it on careerism when really it’s just a lower quality student who doesn’t care about education. A lot of students are in it for the jobs, and don’t care at all about what they learn, [b]shown by the rise of Econ and CS majors everywhere.[/b][/quote]

Perhaps at Harvard those majors are not rigorous. At many other universities they are. I know many smart kids from those majors (not from H).

Harvard has long been known as the hardest Ivy to get in, easiest to graduate from. Opposite of Cornell.[/quote]

Like PP says, it matters very little. I need employee who are equal parts collaborative, analytical, quantitative and creative. Good luck finding these people in the most rigorous programs. [b]Most of them lean anxious/rigid non collaborative.[/b][/quote]

That’s what the entire T30 student body is these days, now. That is what this admissions process heavily selects towards. The days of the [b]quirky friendly geniuses[/b] are long gone. [/quote]

They're at flagship honors colleges and LACs.[/quote]

Not at the top LACs. You want me to believe there is a single quirky, friendly genius anywhere on the Swarthmore, Williams, or Amherst campuses these days? Please. Have you been on those campuses lately?

State schools — not even necessarily flagships — yes. That’s where the quirky friendly geniuses are. [/quote]

Yeah, I've been to all three and the culture was noticably more chill and friendly than the Ivies we visited. Maybe not Williams so much, but yes at Amherst and Swarthmore. But I also agree plenty of brilliant kids at state honors colleges these days.[/quote]

Amherst redesigned their campus residences on purpose so no large parties could happen. It is unquestionably grim, and intolerant of the quirky genius kids. [/quote]
+1 Williams is literally isolated from society with nothing to do but study. The students there have been depressingly studious since I was a child.

Swarthmore doesn’t even have parties. The students compete with one another on how many classes they’re taking and how difficult each one is.

What’s left? Pomona ? Same intensive social culture but now you have to shelter from wildfires and poor air quality. Mudd sucks the soul out of anyone. Reed id just as depressing, but now everyone is queer.[/quote]

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