Anonymous
Post 05/21/2025 18:30     Subject: Pressure cooker schools
Pressure Cooker = Harvey Mudd.
Anonymous
Post 05/21/2025 18:01     Subject: Pressure cooker schools
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Cornell sucks the literal life out of students. It’s too much. Nothing fun or well rounded about studying there with all the academic pressure to perform like AI and robots. It’s depressing. Otherwise it would be an ideal school.


I would have to agree, although I do know plenty of Cornell alums who got out and seem fine. But my brother went there, his roommate committed suicide in the room, and my brother also developed mental health issues there, became self destructive and ended up dying at age 47.

The one school by kids are not allowed to consider.


Cornell pre-med, architecture and engineering = pressure cooker. The other 2/3rds = not so much.
I have a recent grad in each grouping.


I have heard Dyson is a pressure cooker. Correct?
Anonymous
Post 05/21/2025 17:56     Subject: Pressure cooker schools
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Cornell sucks the literal life out of students. It’s too much. Nothing fun or well rounded about studying there with all the academic pressure to perform like AI and robots. It’s depressing. Otherwise it would be an ideal school.


I would have to agree, although I do know plenty of Cornell alums who got out and seem fine. But my brother went there, his roommate committed suicide in the room, and my brother also developed mental health issues there, became self destructive and ended up dying at age 47.

The one school by kids are not allowed to consider.


Cornell pre-med, architecture and engineering = pressure cooker. The other 2/3rds = not so much.
I have a recent grad in each grouping.
Anonymous
Post 05/21/2025 17:47     Subject: Pressure cooker schools
Anonymous wrote:[quote=Anonymo
Penn
UC Berkeley
Cornell
JHU (if premed)
CMU




Columbia/Penn super easy


+1000
Anonymous
Post 05/21/2025 17:44     Subject: Pressure cooker schools
JHU
Cornell
Berkeley
CMU
Anonymous
Post 05/21/2025 15:29     Subject: Pressure cooker schools
Chicago

The timeframes are so short it is impossible to fall behind with the 9 -week quarter schedule
Anonymous
Post 05/21/2025 15:20     Subject: Pressure cooker schools
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Princeton


P Y and M. Not sure about H or S.
Not Y
Anonymous
Post 05/21/2025 15:14     Subject: Pressure cooker schools
Anonymous wrote:Berkeley, no question.


Berkeley is the embodiment of misery.
Anonymous
Post 05/21/2025 15:03     Subject: Pressure cooker schools
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Bucknell, Virginia Tech, Davidson


My son just graduated from VT, and it definitely wasn't a pressure cooker. Challenging, sure, but he and his friends seemed to be pretty relaxed about it and had a lot of fun too (STEM major, not engineering, and not in a frat if that matters).


I think that post was a joke. I've never once heard Davidson described as a pressure cooker. My sense is it's the opposite - super supportive and kind, and no competitive or scarcity vibes because there are more than enough opportunities to go around. But if anyone has first-hand experience to the contrary, I'd be interested in hearing more . . . .
Anonymous
Post 05/21/2025 15:02     Subject: Pressure cooker schools
Anonymous wrote:Cornell sucks the literal life out of students. It’s too much. Nothing fun or well rounded about studying there with all the academic pressure to perform like AI and robots. It’s depressing. Otherwise it would be an ideal school.


I would have to agree, although I do know plenty of Cornell alums who got out and seem fine. But my brother went there, his roommate committed suicide in the room, and my brother also developed mental health issues there, became self destructive and ended up dying at age 47.

The one school by kids are not allowed to consider.
Anonymous
Post 05/21/2025 14:59     Subject: Pressure cooker schools
Anonymous wrote:Bucknell, Virginia Tech, Davidson


My son just graduated from VT, and it definitely wasn't a pressure cooker. Challenging, sure, but he and his friends seemed to be pretty relaxed about it and had a lot of fun too (STEM major, not engineering, and not in a frat if that matters).
Anonymous
Post 05/21/2025 14:23     Subject: Pressure cooker schools
Tough as well elite : MIT , Caltech, Uchicago ….
Anonymous
Post 05/21/2025 14:22     Subject: Pressure cooker schools
Columbia gives out A's on final exam if someone's feelings were hurt.

Pressure cooker? lol
Anonymous
Post 05/21/2025 14:21     Subject: Pressure cooker schools
[quote=Anonymo
Penn
UC Berkeley
Cornell
JHU (if premed)
CMU




Columbia/Penn super easy
Anonymous
Post 05/21/2025 14:09     Subject: Pressure cooker schools
Cornell sucks the literal life out of students. It’s too much. Nothing fun or well rounded about studying there with all the academic pressure to perform like AI and robots. It’s depressing. Otherwise it would be an ideal school.