Anonymous
Post 09/20/2025 21:21     Subject: Pseudo prestigious privates
Anonymous wrote:UVA is better than every school on this list and UMD is better than most of them.

eh
Anonymous
Post 09/20/2025 21:20     Subject: Pseudo prestigious privates
UVA is better than every school on this list and UMD is better than most of them.
Anonymous
Post 09/20/2025 21:13     Subject: Pseudo prestigious privates
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Poor OP, so insecure and miserable that they need to go online picking fights with people and pretending to be Ivies or bust.

Sucks to be you, I guess.


Not Ivy or bust at all. Just saying that private school parents who can’t get their kids into Ivies tell themselves that these schools are great just because they’re private and expensive — but they’re not great. At all. Many state flagships are better, certainly the ones around here.


You're just talking out your backside if you don't back it up by numbers. And numbers say you're talking out of your backside.



Just look at the rankings. These schools are surrounded by flagships that are equally or more highly ranked.
Anonymous
Post 09/20/2025 21:12     Subject: Pseudo prestigious privates
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:WUSTL is an excellent school and significantly above most flagships, although it is a bit dumpy and lacks the panache of the ivy+. Same is true of Emory.

NYU is a world class school and you're showing your ass by even mentioning it here.

Surprised Tufts wasn't on the list though.


Tufts is one where parents definitely think it's "all that" and it could be for some, but...


Emory is not a dump. Its gym is better than at any Ivy. All the health care stuff going on in and around there is amazing.
Anonymous
Post 09/20/2025 21:10     Subject: Pseudo prestigious privates
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Maybe lose the scorn?

One of my kids is studying International Affairs at GWU. If there had been a reputable program for that at UMD, our state flagship, he'd have gone there. But he didn't get into Georgetown SAIS, and he didn't want W&M's dual degree programme with St Andrews, which offers an international affairs specialty. So he went to GWU, which offered him merit aid. He's happy there.

If you can afford it, you go where your major is.



Yes, you’ve told us about your son. Again and again and again.


Are you OP? Or another moron who can't understand that lots of DC area students get accepted into and attend GW? If they're into that Foreign Service major, they've probably all applied to the same schools too, because there aren't that many of them.

Maybe you should stop trying to recognize people.


No, it's always the same one.
Anonymous
Post 09/20/2025 21:04     Subject: Pseudo prestigious privates

OP has no data to show.

Prove it or concede!

Anonymous
Post 09/20/2025 21:02     Subject: Pseudo prestigious privates
You wouldn't get in, OP.

You wouldn't even get into your State U!

What a dolt.
Anonymous
Post 09/20/2025 20:59     Subject: Pseudo prestigious privates
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:OP is an ignorant moron. With a few exceptions, that list is comprised of fantastic schools that are incredibly hard to get into.


They’re not fantastic. They’re just not.


Honestly, you have no clue, op. I doubt you have set foot on a single one of these campuses.
Anonymous
Post 09/20/2025 20:49     Subject: Pseudo prestigious privates
Anonymous wrote:No one thinks BU is prestigious


"prestigious" is in the eye of the beholder.
You do you.

But with a 11 -12% acceptance rate, you're not getting in. Sorry.
Anonymous
Post 09/20/2025 20:47     Subject: Pseudo prestigious privates
Anonymous wrote:We all know they're just expensive backups that are no better than the better state flagships, but private school parents have convinced themselves that they're prestigious.

In US News order:

WashU
Emory
NYU
BU
Wake
Northeastern
Tulane


They are ALL great schools. They happen to be private ones.

Anonymous
Post 09/20/2025 20:45     Subject: Pseudo prestigious privates
Both my kids liked Wake- it is small but not too small, well maintained campus with lots of amenities and good sports in a good conference. Sometimes the huge state flagship doesn’t fit what they want
Anonymous
Post 09/20/2025 20:28     Subject: Pseudo prestigious privates
Anonymous wrote:So sad that you're looking for a DCUM fight on a Saturday Night. Couldn't even go to a bar and start a proper one, OP?


Why does everyone need to go to a bar? Not everyone on here is a 20 something. -DP
Anonymous
Post 09/20/2025 20:22     Subject: Pseudo prestigious privates
BU? lol
Anonymous
Post 09/20/2025 20:22     Subject: Pseudo prestigious privates
Anonymous wrote:WUSTL is an excellent school and significantly above most flagships, although it is a bit dumpy and lacks the panache of the ivy+. Same is true of Emory.

NYU is a world class school and you're showing your ass by even mentioning it here.

Surprised Tufts wasn't on the list though.


Tufts is one where parents definitely think it's "all that" and it could be for some, but...
Anonymous
Post 09/20/2025 20:20     Subject: Pseudo prestigious privates
Anonymous wrote:We all know they're just expensive backups that are no better than the better state flagships, but private school parents have convinced themselves that they're prestigious.

In US News order:

WashU
Emory
NYU
BU
Wake
Northeastern
Tulane


Are you saying parents of students who attend those schools, or parents of private high school students contemplating applying to these schools?