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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Do you think UMC/rich people look down on big state flagship football schools? They are popular and have low acceptance rates- is this looked down upon? [/quote]

The engineering programs at Tufts or Dartmouth can't touch UIUC's in terms of rankings and reputation, but attending the private institutions sounds more prestigious to many people.[/quote]

Here is the problem.

The obsession is everywhere.  For engineering/CS, the snobs go by the CS ranking, in which UIUC is a top 5 school, others in T5 including Cal, Stanford, MIT, CMU.  You can't imagine how they look down on Tufts / Dartmouth.  [/quote]

The CS prestige whores think it's either CS T5 or bust.  They don't care about fit.  Their kids might thrive at Tufts/Dartmouth engineering, but that doesn't matter.  [/quote]I pay for my kids to have a useful degree to make good living. Not for them to "thrive" at some no one campus.[/quote]

https://www.payscale.com/college-salary-report/best-schools-by-majors/computer-science
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This is futile.  The CS prestige whores will next cherry pick CS-only graduate's early career salary, proving that going to UIUC versus Dartmouth can "make good living".

They will not stop there, they will then provide quant job salary of UIUC graduates to prove that you are wrong.

Just wait ...[/quote]

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