Anonymous wrote:It's a list for asset-rich families with education trusts, where the kids are educated at expensive private schools from pre-school through graduate school. This list is appealing to a certain class of families.

Literally, the list is meant to assuage rich people that they made the right choices for their kids by overpaying for USC, Wash U, Vandy, Duke, and JHU liberal arts and "business" degrees.

Maybe except for Duke, most of these schools have pretty mediocre career outcomes. The wealthy thrive on connections and financial security. But for those on financial aid or lower middle class families, going to these overpriced schools don’t really add much value to their career prospects as opposed to going to a public school...

Anonymous wrote:Absurd list - bias against public universities is obvious ..l

Except it's pretty 'numbers-based' in terms of looking at salary outcomes--so it's not like it's subjective criteria. The way the bias seeps in though is that wealthier people are more likely to send their kids to private schools and they are also more likely to have the connections/wherewithal to set their kids up well for careers. They do try to balance this a bit in their methodology (e.g. ROI takes into account cost of attendance), but it still comes through.

Anonymous wrote:It's a list for asset-rich families with education trusts, where the kids are educated at expensive private schools from pre-school through graduate school. This list is appealing to a certain class of families.

Literally, the list is meant to assuage rich people that they made the right choices for their kids by overpaying for USC, Wash U, Vandy, Duke, and JHU liberal arts and "business" degrees.

+1. More like a Forbes ranking but measures “value-added” for the rich.

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Anonymous wrote:Columbia College. Which one? Chicago, Missouri, South Carolina, Hollywood or New York? I must be missing a few….

I have affiliations with neither school. People know Columbia University. Unlike the University of Pennsylvania, which is often associated with a state school.

DS had friends who went there. A&S students have some massive inferiority complex to Wharton. Joke still goes that there are three kinds of students at Penn: "those who attend Wharton, those who want to transfer into Wharton, and those who want to marry a Wharton grad."

True. And Penn A&S simply is the weakest of its kind within the Ivy League.

Untrue and ignorant.

Not PP, but maybe you should stop being a jerk and stop bashing other schools, too. You get back what you give.

Which school did I bash? I responded to a bashing.

I'd personally choose Penn A&S over Columbia College any day

Ok. No one cares.

It's a list for asset-rich families with education trusts, where the kids are educated at expensive private schools from pre-school through graduate school. This list is appealing to a certain class of families.

Literally, the list is meant to assuage rich people that they made the right choices for their kids by overpaying for USC, Wash U, Vandy, Duke, and JHU liberal arts and "business" degrees.

Anonymous wrote:There is a reason Brown is #6–outstanding academics (better than most of the other Ivys) and kids love it there.

Kids also love kindergarten, and summer camp, and ice cream shops.

Outstanding academics better than most of the other Ivies? Please get a grip of reality. Brown is a joke when it comes to actual academic prowess.

There is a reason Brown is #6–outstanding academics (better than most of the other Ivys) and kids love it there.

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Anonymous wrote:Haha I guess your kid didn’t get into Brown. It is a school that is taken very seriously in academia and that’s why the WSJ ranked it #6.

By putting Duke at #5 and Brown #6 above Princeton at #9. This ranking is a joke.

Forbes is worse with UCB at 1. So I'll take this one.

Clearly, according to WSJ, everyone in America is well-off enough to afford a 60-70k college tuition annually.

The best schools in America have always been private. Get over that.

They are not the biggest engines for fueling the America Dream. Public universities educate far more first generation, veterans, African Americans, Latinos …

Also public’s are actually top ranked in many specialty and STEM fields.

Get with that!

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Anonymous wrote:Haha I guess your kid didn’t get into Brown. It is a school that is taken very seriously in academia and that’s why the WSJ ranked it #6.

By putting Duke at #5 and Brown #6 above Princeton at #9. This ranking is a joke.

Forbes is worse with UCB at 1. So I'll take this one.

Clearly, according to WSJ, everyone in America is well-off enough to afford a 60-70k college tuition annually.

The best schools in America have always been private. Get over that.

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Anonymous wrote:Columbia College. Which one? Chicago, Missouri, South Carolina, Hollywood or New York? I must be missing a few….

I have affiliations with neither school. People know Columbia University. Unlike the University of Pennsylvania, which is often associated with a state school.

DS had friends who went there. A&S students have some massive inferiority complex to Wharton. Joke still goes that there are three kinds of students at Penn: "those who attend Wharton, those who want to transfer into Wharton, and those who want to marry a Wharton grad."

True. And Penn A&S simply is the weakest of its kind within the Ivy League.

Untrue and ignorant.

Not PP, but maybe you should stop being a jerk and stop bashing other schools, too. You get back what you give.

Which school did I bash? I responded to a bashing.

I'd personally choose Penn A&S over Columbia College any day

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Anonymous wrote:Columbia College. Which one? Chicago, Missouri, South Carolina, Hollywood or New York? I must be missing a few….

I have affiliations with neither school. People know Columbia University. Unlike the University of Pennsylvania, which is often associated with a state school.

DS had friends who went there. A&S students have some massive inferiority complex to Wharton. Joke still goes that there are three kinds of students at Penn: "those who attend Wharton, those who want to transfer into Wharton, and those who want to marry a Wharton grad."

True. And Penn A&S simply is the weakest of its kind within the Ivy League.

Untrue and ignorant.

Not PP, but maybe you should stop being a jerk and stop bashing other schools, too. You get back what you give.

Which school did I bash? I responded to a bashing.

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Anonymous wrote:Absurd list - bias against public universities is obvious ..l

Brown is at #6. Probably because all the hedge fund managers sent their kids there.

Brown is literally the poorest Ivy school

Lol

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Anonymous wrote:Absurd list - bias against public universities is obvious ..l

Brown is at #6. Probably because all the hedge fund managers sent their kids there.

Brown is literally the poorest Ivy school

Anonymous wrote:Absurd list - bias against public universities is obvious ..l

Brown is at #6. Probably because all the hedge fund managers sent their kids there.

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Anonymous wrote:Haha I guess your kid didn’t get into Brown. It is a school that is taken very seriously in academia and that’s why the WSJ ranked it #6.

By putting Duke at #5 and Brown #6 above Princeton at #9. This ranking is a joke.

Forbes is worse with UCB at 1. So I'll take this one.

Clearly, according to WSJ, everyone in America is well-off enough to afford a 60-70k college tuition annually.