Anonymous
Post 10/03/2018 14:42     Subject: New US News rankings are out
It's HYPSHMAW or bust
Harvard Yale Princeton Stanford Hopkins MIT Annapolis WestPoint
Anonymous
Post 10/03/2018 14:37     Subject: New US News rankings are out
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:After H Y S P MIT (and in that order) 6 through about 15 are pretty interchangeable. Colleges outside of the top 5 and 15 don't have firepower worth obsessing over. Nobody is ever going to think or say "OMG you went to UCLA for undergrad?!" just as nobody is ever going to think or say "OMG you went to Northwestern ug?!"

Obsessing or even noticing that such and such jumped into the 20s or 30s or 40s is just sad. Nobody cares about a dime a dozen NYU, Wake Forest, UVA, Michigan or Rochester grad. Nobody.

5-10 years out, no one is thinking that about HYPSM, either. Unless you’re a loser who struggles in the real world and has to lean on the name on your diploma to get you through.


Lol....sure, keep telling yourself that.
Anonymous
Post 10/03/2018 13:58     Subject: New US News rankings are out
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:After H Y S P MIT (and in that order) 6 through about 15 are pretty interchangeable. Colleges outside of the top 5 and 15 don't have firepower worth obsessing over. Nobody is ever going to think or say "OMG you went to UCLA for undergrad?!" just as nobody is ever going to think or say "OMG you went to Northwestern ug?!"

Obsessing or even noticing that such and such jumped into the 20s or 30s or 40s is just sad. Nobody cares about a dime a dozen NYU, Wake Forest, UVA, Michigan or Rochester grad. Nobody.


And I don't think the kids would honestly even care, IF the parents didn't obsess.


Having gone through this with two kids, even the kids with unengaged/not obsessive parents really do care.
Anonymous
Post 10/03/2018 13:07     Subject: New US News rankings are out
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:After H Y S P MIT (and in that order) 6 through about 15 are pretty interchangeable. Colleges outside of the top 5 and 15 don't have firepower worth obsessing over. Nobody is ever going to think or say "OMG you went to UCLA for undergrad?!" just as nobody is ever going to think or say "OMG you went to Northwestern ug?!"

Obsessing or even noticing that such and such jumped into the 20s or 30s or 40s is just sad. Nobody cares about a dime a dozen NYU, Wake Forest, UVA, Michigan or Rochester grad. Nobody.


Like a decade ago Megyn Markel was on a late night show humble bragging about going to Northwestern. It totally went over the head of the host. He had no idea or no care in what she was bragging about.


Sure but you noticed. So clearly some people do take note.
Anonymous
Post 10/03/2018 12:26     Subject: New US News rankings are out
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:After H Y S P MIT (and in that order) 6 through about 15 are pretty interchangeable. Colleges outside of the top 5 and 15 don't have firepower worth obsessing over. Nobody is ever going to think or say "OMG you went to UCLA for undergrad?!" just as nobody is ever going to think or say "OMG you went to Northwestern ug?!"

Obsessing or even noticing that such and such jumped into the 20s or 30s or 40s is just sad. Nobody cares about a dime a dozen NYU, Wake Forest, UVA, Michigan or Rochester grad. Nobody.

5-10 years out, no one is thinking that about HYPSM, either. Unless you’re a loser who struggles in the real world and has to lean on the name on your diploma to get you through.


Yeah, except for when you're applying to PhD, MD, law or MBA programs... or job hopping... or wedding announcement... or need investors... or need a bank loan... or running for political office... or running for a board seat...
Anonymous
Post 10/03/2018 12:24     Subject: New US News rankings are out
Anonymous wrote:After H Y S P MIT (and in that order) 6 through about 15 are pretty interchangeable. Colleges outside of the top 5 and 15 don't have firepower worth obsessing over. Nobody is ever going to think or say "OMG you went to UCLA for undergrad?!" just as nobody is ever going to think or say "OMG you went to Northwestern ug?!"

Obsessing or even noticing that such and such jumped into the 20s or 30s or 40s is just sad. Nobody cares about a dime a dozen NYU, Wake Forest, UVA, Michigan or Rochester grad. Nobody.


Like a decade ago Megyn Markel was on a late night show humble bragging about going to Northwestern. It totally went over the head of the host. He had no idea or no care in what she was bragging about.
Anonymous
Post 10/03/2018 12:23     Subject: New US News rankings are out
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:LOL

I guarantee Stanford and Yale win like 95% of the dual admits vs Columbia and Chicago.

But I guess they have to sell magazines and generate website clicks.


more like 99%


Dual admits isn't a good metric. Lots of kids (maybe most) who are competitive for these schools are one and done via EA.


I'd argue dual admits are the purest metric. ED is gamesmanship, by both parties. Holding a pair of EA/RDs acceptances nets a pure decision.
Anonymous
Post 10/03/2018 12:21     Subject: New US News rankings are out
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:After H Y S P MIT (and in that order) 6 through about 15 are pretty interchangeable. Colleges outside of the top 5 and 15 don't have firepower worth obsessing over. Nobody is ever going to think or say "OMG you went to UCLA for undergrad?!" just as nobody is ever going to think or say "OMG you went to Northwestern ug?!"

Obsessing or even noticing that such and such jumped into the 20s or 30s or 40s is just sad. Nobody cares about a dime a dozen NYU, Wake Forest, UVA, Michigan or Rochester grad. Nobody.

5-10 years out, no one is thinking that about HYPSM, either. Unless you’re a loser who struggles in the real world and has to lean on the name on your diploma to get you through.


Total bull----.
Anonymous
Post 10/03/2018 12:13     Subject: Re:New US News rankings are out
The alumni connections for top schools is very strong for a lifetime. I wouldn't discount that consideration. It is humorous though how often successful Harvard, Wharton, Duke and Stanford alumni will bring it up in conversation. Less so from equally,or even more successful people, that graduated from MIT, Yale, MIT, Columbia, UChicago, Brown, Dartmouth and Princeton.
Anonymous
Post 10/03/2018 11:54     Subject: New US News rankings are out
Anonymous wrote:After H Y S P MIT (and in that order) 6 through about 15 are pretty interchangeable. Colleges outside of the top 5 and 15 don't have firepower worth obsessing over. Nobody is ever going to think or say "OMG you went to UCLA for undergrad?!" just as nobody is ever going to think or say "OMG you went to Northwestern ug?!"

Obsessing or even noticing that such and such jumped into the 20s or 30s or 40s is just sad. Nobody cares about a dime a dozen NYU, Wake Forest, UVA, Michigan or Rochester grad. Nobody.

5-10 years out, no one is thinking that about HYPSM, either. Unless you’re a loser who struggles in the real world and has to lean on the name on your diploma to get you through.
Anonymous
Post 10/03/2018 11:09     Subject: New US News rankings are out
Anonymous wrote:After H Y S P MIT (and in that order) 6 through about 15 are pretty interchangeable. Colleges outside of the top 5 and 15 don't have firepower worth obsessing over. Nobody is ever going to think or say "OMG you went to UCLA for undergrad?!" just as nobody is ever going to think or say "OMG you went to Northwestern ug?!"

Obsessing or even noticing that such and such jumped into the 20s or 30s or 40s is just sad. Nobody cares about a dime a dozen NYU, Wake Forest, UVA, Michigan or Rochester grad. Nobody.


And I don't think the kids would honestly even care, IF the parents didn't obsess.
Anonymous
Post 10/03/2018 11:08     Subject: New US News rankings are out
WPI, Rutgers, and UConn over UMD? Cringing
Anonymous
Post 10/03/2018 09:48     Subject: New US News rankings are out
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:LOL

I guarantee Stanford and Yale win like 95% of the dual admits vs Columbia and Chicago.

But I guess they have to sell magazines and generate website clicks.


more like 99%


Dual admits isn't a good metric. Lots of kids (maybe most) who are competitive for these schools are one and done via EA.
Anonymous
Post 10/03/2018 09:43     Subject: New US News rankings are out
After H Y S P MIT (and in that order) 6 through about 15 are pretty interchangeable. Colleges outside of the top 5 and 15 don't have firepower worth obsessing over. Nobody is ever going to think or say "OMG you went to UCLA for undergrad?!" just as nobody is ever going to think or say "OMG you went to Northwestern ug?!"

Obsessing or even noticing that such and such jumped into the 20s or 30s or 40s is just sad. Nobody cares about a dime a dozen NYU, Wake Forest, UVA, Michigan or Rochester grad. Nobody.
Anonymous
Post 10/02/2018 23:55     Subject: New US News rankings are out
Anonymous wrote:LOL

I guarantee Stanford and Yale win like 95% of the dual admits vs Columbia and Chicago.

But I guess they have to sell magazines and generate website clicks.


more like 99%