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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]what happened to this thread? a bunch of posts were removed. probably obnoxious posts but still.  [/quote]
OP here.  Thanks again to everyone who chimed in with advice - this is very helpful.

I'm grateful the obnoxious posts (and yeah, some of them were mine) got deleted - they were distracting from the point of the thread.  By way of explanation, I was not slamming high-achieving students.  Hey, good on them!  Seriously.

I [i]was[/i] slamming the crazy helicopter parents I see on DCUM who act as if their kids are [b]Doomed To A Life Of Failure And Poverty And Despair[/b] if they don't constantly ride them to get straight A's in all AP classes while playing sports at an elite level and performing 80 hours a week of community service and winning all the prizes in every category and, and, and...  Frankly, I feel sorry for their kids, even if they are doing well.[/quote]

These are the same people who argue about whether Duke, Vanderbilt or Penn is "better" and about whether Yale is more prestigious than Columbia. Idiots, all.[/quote]

Why are they idiots? Their kids have to make a choice. Getting more information is helpful for making choices. [/quote]

Because it is like arguing about how many angels fit on the head of a pin. The difference in prestige is miniscule at best, clearly not universally agreed upon (else why would anyone be arguing) and therefore not worth even a moment of consideration. Feel, fit, location, size, weather, availability of preferred activities, love of basketball--all relevant to a decision between Duke and Penn. Prestige? No.[/quote]

Why are you characterizing thse decisions as being all about prestige? There are big differences between Duke, Vanderbilt and Penn. And between Yale and Columbia. Huge differences, in terms of feeling, fit and location. It's clear some of you like to reduce every Ivy discussion to prestige, but you're being unfair to serve your own insecurity, because that's not what's going on here.[/quote]

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