Anonymous
Post 04/13/2026 20:04     Subject: Forbes "New Ivy" List
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Is there a reason why UC schools (Berkeley, UCLA, etc.) are not on the list?


Forbes had an SAT cutoff for the list of schools they gave the c-suite to evaluate, so did not include the UCs because they are test-blind


How did they adjust for the % of test optional students?


They don't nor does USNWR


I do think US News should get an estimate for each TO school, instead of publishing the fake SAT score range reported.
Anonymous
Post 04/13/2026 19:42     Subject: Forbes "New Ivy" List
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Is there a reason why UC schools (Berkeley, UCLA, etc.) are not on the list?


Forbes had an SAT cutoff for the list of schools they gave the c-suite to evaluate, so did not include the UCs because they are test-blind


How did they adjust for the % of test optional students?


They don't nor does USNWR


I don’t think they bothered. Test scores did not affect the final list, just the initial long candidate list. But the details are probably in the article — this is just my memory of the process.
Anonymous
Post 04/13/2026 19:14     Subject: Forbes "New Ivy" List
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Is there a reason why UC schools (Berkeley, UCLA, etc.) are not on the list?


Forbes had an SAT cutoff for the list of schools they gave the c-suite to evaluate, so did not include the UCs because they are test-blind


How did they adjust for the % of test optional students?


They don't nor does USNWR
Anonymous
Post 04/13/2026 19:09     Subject: Forbes "New Ivy" List
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Is there a reason why UC schools (Berkeley, UCLA, etc.) are not on the list?


Forbes had an SAT cutoff for the list of schools they gave the c-suite to evaluate, so did not include the UCs because they are test-blind


How did they adjust for the % of test optional students?


I think they should lower the average SAT scores of those schools with 30% test optional students by 100 points!
Anonymous
Post 04/13/2026 19:02     Subject: Forbes "New Ivy" List
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Is there a reason why UC schools (Berkeley, UCLA, etc.) are not on the list?


Forbes had an SAT cutoff for the list of schools they gave the c-suite to evaluate, so did not include the UCs because they are test-blind


How did they adjust for the % of test optional students?
Anonymous
Post 04/13/2026 18:55     Subject: Forbes "New Ivy" List
Anonymous wrote:Is there a reason why UC schools (Berkeley, UCLA, etc.) are not on the list?


Forbes had an SAT cutoff for the list of schools they gave the c-suite to evaluate, so did not include the UCs because they are test-blind
Anonymous
Post 04/13/2026 18:50     Subject: Forbes "New Ivy" List
Anonymous wrote:Is there a reason why UC schools (Berkeley, UCLA, etc.) are not on the list?


The same source (Forbes) ranks Cal #5 among all colleges (including LACs), above quite a few Ivies! Go figure…
Anonymous
Post 04/13/2026 18:17     Subject: Forbes "New Ivy" List
2026 USNWR
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Anonymous
Post 04/13/2026 18:12     Subject: Forbes "New Ivy" List
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Who cares? The people who attend the schools tier below the Ivies and Ivy+ go on to become doctors, lawyers, professors, non-profit heads, and consultants. It’s not I-Banking but not the most terrible outcome imaginable either. I’ll bet most of us on this forum have jobs that we enjoy and give us a comfortable lifestyle but will never put us on Wikipedia. Normal low profile jobs that pay the bills are OK.

Okay so you're clearly not in IB if you think the private schools on the new ivy list cant land you IB roles. Yes the public schools listed that arent Umich and UVa cannot but 6 of those 8 privates can especially Emory or Northwestern.


How dumb.
Anonymous
Post 04/13/2026 18:09     Subject: Forbes "New Ivy" List
Is there a reason why UC schools (Berkeley, UCLA, etc.) are not on the list?
Anonymous
Post 04/12/2026 10:05     Subject: Forbes "New Ivy" List
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Who cares? The people who attend the schools tier below the Ivies and Ivy+ go on to become doctors, lawyers, professors, non-profit heads, and consultants. It’s not I-Banking but not the most terrible outcome imaginable either. I’ll bet most of us on this forum have jobs that we enjoy and give us a comfortable lifestyle but will never put us on Wikipedia. Normal low profile jobs that pay the bills are OK.

Okay so you're clearly not in IB if you think the private schools on the new ivy list cant land you IB roles. Yes the public schools listed that arent Umich and UVa cannot but 6 of those 8 privates can especially Emory or Northwestern.


Lol
Anonymous
Post 04/12/2026 10:04     Subject: Forbes "New Ivy" List
Anonymous wrote:Who cares? The people who attend the schools tier below the Ivies and Ivy+ go on to become doctors, lawyers, professors, non-profit heads, and consultants. It’s not I-Banking but not the most terrible outcome imaginable either. I’ll bet most of us on this forum have jobs that we enjoy and give us a comfortable lifestyle but will never put us on Wikipedia. Normal low profile jobs that pay the bills are OK.

Okay so you're clearly not in IB if you think the private schools on the new ivy list cant land you IB roles. Yes the public schools listed that arent Umich and UVa cannot but 6 of those 8 privates can especially Emory or Northwestern.
Anonymous
Post 04/12/2026 09:50     Subject: Forbes "New Ivy" List
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Who cares? The people who attend the schools tier below the Ivies and Ivy+ go on to become doctors, lawyers, professors, non-profit heads, and consultants. It’s not I-Banking but not the most terrible outcome imaginable either. I’ll bet most of us on this forum have jobs that we enjoy and give us a comfortable lifestyle but will never put us on Wikipedia. Normal low profile jobs that pay the bills are OK.


+1. As a lawyer in DC, I’ve spent a lot of time working with unhappy Ivy lawyers. I always wonder if the people going on about these careers really work in the industry. I-banking sucks particularly in the early years. Who wants that for their kid?


+1000
Anonymous
Post 04/12/2026 09:30     Subject: Forbes "New Ivy" List
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Who cares? The people who attend the schools tier below the Ivies and Ivy+ go on to become doctors, lawyers, professors, non-profit heads, and consultants. It’s not I-Banking but not the most terrible outcome imaginable either. I’ll bet most of us on this forum have jobs that we enjoy and give us a comfortable lifestyle but will never put us on Wikipedia. Normal low profile jobs that pay the bills are OK.


+1. As a lawyer in DC, I’ve spent a lot of time working with unhappy Ivy lawyers. I always wonder if the people going on about these careers really work in the industry. I-banking sucks particularly in the early years. Who wants that for their kid?


There is no shortage of say Tufts grads going to law school. I doubt they have any more overall satisfaction vs an Ivy grad going to law school.
Anonymous
Post 04/12/2026 09:19     Subject: Forbes "New Ivy" List
Anonymous wrote:Who cares? The people who attend the schools tier below the Ivies and Ivy+ go on to become doctors, lawyers, professors, non-profit heads, and consultants. It’s not I-Banking but not the most terrible outcome imaginable either. I’ll bet most of us on this forum have jobs that we enjoy and give us a comfortable lifestyle but will never put us on Wikipedia. Normal low profile jobs that pay the bills are OK.


+1. As a lawyer in DC, I’ve spent a lot of time working with unhappy Ivy lawyers. I always wonder if the people going on about these careers really work in the industry. I-banking sucks particularly in the early years. Who wants that for their kid?