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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Posters on here are so deep in the bubble they have lost it.  [b]Any one educated at Brown or Rice or Duke or any of the others on here has an elite education[/b].   Get out a little so you can see that.[/quote]

These people are hypsm fans. [b]Only hypsm will do for their sick puppies[/b]. They are really fragile people. [/quote]

Are you saying that everyone should get a trophy?
Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Stanford, MIT [HYPSM] are the crème de la crème. The Elite of the Elites. Is this a controversial statement?
Nonetheless, Brown, Rice and Duke are phenomenal universities and considered elite on many lists.
What is your beef?
BTW, I am in neither the HYPSM or bust gang, nor the elite institution or bust gang.[/quote]

Once again for the older folks hard of hearing in the back:

[b]Wiki[/b] on verifiability issues with HYPS, HYPSM, and HYPSMC:

“As things stand, no sources are provided to show any significant widespread use of any of these initialisms. I find it very hard to imagine a guidance counsellor saying "if you want to get into one of the aitch why pee ess em cee schools...." The verifiability policy notes that "The burden of evidence lies with the editors who have made an edit or wish an edit to remain." So far, those editors have declined to do this.”

Now, all the old folks, take a seat and be quiet.

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Did you cite Wikipedia and was it accepted in your PhD dissertation?
If not, let's avoid citing them as your authority.[/quote]

Ironically, Wikipedia seems to be just find with HYP (i.e., the "Big Three"):  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Three_(colleges)

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Yes, HYP or the "Big Three," is the only legitimate acronym that has been recognized by the public, unlike the others, which are only used by admission consultants, high school kids, and insecure parents. [url]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Three_(colleges)[/url]

Ironically, posting the wikipedia link isn't very helpful for justifying the acronym today:

"The Big Three is a historical term used in the United States to [b]refer to the sports rivalry[/b] between Harvard University, Yale University, and Princeton University. The phrase Big Three originated in the 1880s, when these three colleges dominated [/b] college football.[/b] In 1906, these schools formed a sports compact that formalized a three-way football competition which began in 1878."

"Edward Digby Baltzell wrote: "The three major upper-class institutions in America have been Harvard, Yale, and Princeton." These colleges have, in the past, been set apart from others by a [b]special historic connection with the White-Anglo-Saxon Protestant (WASP) establishment.[/b] Of the three, Princeton University was traditionally the preferred choice of the Southern upper class."

"The "Big Three" schools: Princeton, Harvard and Yale are often rated among the top three institutions in the National Universities category along with Columbia and Massachusetts Institute of Technology."[/quote]

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