Anonymous
Post 01/08/2026 18:08     Subject: What do you mean when you say DC is applying to T10s?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:American parents usually have a better sense of how the education and admissions systems work. The Ivy League as a status symbol is basically marketing. For international or immigrant families, just stick to US News or WSJ ranking if ranking is something you take higher priority when shopping

Really? Why do I see the opposite?


Good luck.

Americans are better at coping though.
Anonymous
Post 01/08/2026 18:06     Subject: What do you mean when you say DC is applying to T10s?
Anonymous wrote:MIT/Caltech, U Chicago, JHU >> 4 low lying ivies.. is not even a contest

UChicago and JHU are lower than all ivies. It’s an insult to MIT/Caltech when you try to put them in the same sentence.
Anonymous
Post 01/08/2026 17:59     Subject: What do you mean when you say DC is applying to T10s?
DCUM is where adults wage ranking wars; Reddit is the junior league.

And if there’s a universal No. 1, it’s clearly the University of $$$ Chachin!!!
Anonymous
Post 01/08/2026 17:49     Subject: What do you mean when you say DC is applying to T10s?
Anonymous wrote:T10 - Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Stanford, MIT, Duke, Columbia, UPenn, Brown, Caltech


Break out the polar bear in Texas meme for Columbia's presence on this list.
Anonymous
Post 01/08/2026 17:47     Subject: What do you mean when you say DC is applying to T10s?
MIT/Caltech, U Chicago, JHU >> 4 low lying ivies.. is not even a contest
Anonymous
Post 01/08/2026 17:23     Subject: What do you mean when you say DC is applying to T10s?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:To us, T10s are eight ivies and MIT and Stanford.
The stats of kids at our school go to US News T10s like Chicago, Hopkins, Northwestern are always in a tier below the stats of ivy kids.

I have noticed that whenever someone says they attend a “Top 10” it is invariably Chicago or Hopkins. Just like the kid attending an “Ivy” goes to Cornell.


People IRL never talk about attending a "Top 10" school. Don't be so dense.

I guess you went to “an Ivy” then.


There are public Ivys too, you know.
Anonymous
Post 01/08/2026 17:22     Subject: Re:What do you mean when you say DC is applying to T10s?
The T10 isn’t really a thing anymore. It used to be, but not now. Presently, it is all about the T15.
Anonymous
Post 01/08/2026 17:21     Subject: What do you mean when you say DC is applying to T10s?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:To us, T10s are eight ivies and MIT and Stanford.
The stats of kids at our school go to US News T10s like Chicago, Hopkins, Northwestern are always in a tier below the stats of ivy kids.

I have noticed that whenever someone says they attend a “Top 10” it is invariably Chicago or Hopkins. Just like the kid attending an “Ivy” goes to Cornell.


+1
Anonymous
Post 01/08/2026 17:12     Subject: What do you mean when you say DC is applying to T10s?
my kid’s T10 is not your kid’s T10.
Anonymous
Post 01/08/2026 17:11     Subject: What do you mean when you say DC is applying to T10s?
If you are markedly more impressed by someone going to Cornell or Dartmouth than CalTech or Duke, that's....your choice. It's certainly an interesting one.

Happy New Year!
Anonymous
Post 01/08/2026 17:02     Subject: What do you mean when you say DC is applying to T10s?
Anonymous wrote:T10 - Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Stanford, MIT, Duke, Columbia, UPenn, Brown, Caltech

Anonymous
Post 01/08/2026 16:52     Subject: What do you mean when you say DC is applying to T10s?
T10 - Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Stanford, MIT, Duke, Columbia, UPenn, Brown, Caltech
Anonymous
Post 01/08/2026 16:43     Subject: What do you mean when you say DC is applying to T10s?
Different people rely on different forms of validation.
Anonymous
Post 01/08/2026 16:41     Subject: What do you mean when you say DC is applying to T10s?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:To us, T10s are eight ivies and MIT and Stanford.
The stats of kids at our school go to US News T10s like Chicago, Hopkins, Northwestern are always in a tier below the stats of ivy kids.

I have noticed that whenever someone says they attend a “Top 10” it is invariably Chicago or Hopkins. Just like the kid attending an “Ivy” goes to Cornell.


People IRL never talk about attending a "Top 10" school. Don't be so dense.

I guess you went to “an Ivy” then.
Anonymous
Post 01/08/2026 16:38     Subject: What do you mean when you say DC is applying to T10s?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:To us, T10s are eight ivies and MIT and Stanford.
The stats of kids at our school go to US News T10s like Chicago, Hopkins, Northwestern are always in a tier below the stats of ivy kids.

I have noticed that whenever someone says they attend a “Top 10” it is invariably Chicago or Hopkins. Just like the kid attending an “Ivy” goes to Cornell.


People IRL never talk about attending a "Top 10" school. Don't be so dense.