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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No, my spouse went to no name schools and makes more than  my sibling doctor who went to ivys.   [/quote]

I guess for me, it's not really about the money. It's about all the vague, ambiguous things, like class and pedigree. I don't necessarily like that I think this way, but I do. You can fake a lot of things in life, like the ability to buy luxury brands or nice clothing or an expensive watch, or certain affectations. [b]But education? You can't fake that.[/b][/quote]

Columbia was literally caught faking rankings, and 1/3rd of their students come in through the General Studies backdoor. Definitely fakeable. [/quote]

Is that how Obama transferred in with self-disclosed mediocre stats?[/quote]

He came in from Occidental where I went. Not a great student at all but Columbia needed URM and especially likes Punahoe students. As does Oxy. He wasn’t a superstar at Harvard law either.[/quote]

Um, he was editor of the Harvard law review.  Yes he was a superstar at Harvard and became President.  And he’s an example of why Columbia students don’t necessarily lead the rankings in highest earners after 10 years in the way that students from STEM schools are  (he was probably a community organizer around that time), but still excel in many areas…[/quote]

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