Anonymous
Post 01/08/2021 17:43     Subject: Re:What is the most overrated school popular among the dc metro area crowd?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:UChicago, Northwestern, JHU, and Emory, the self labeled 'ivy plus' schools by DCUM strivers.


+1. Ivies are soooo overrrated... so we created a term for schools that are TOTALLY just as if not MORE elite and we called it IVY plus. lol


You all are so misinformed it’s embarrassing. Ivy Plus was coined by Ivy League schools themselves and is used in a limited, official capacity when discussing library exchanges, consortia, faculty conferences, you name it. It’s also a term used by Ivy League alumni associations for networking purposes. Example: http://rmhuc.clubs.harvard.edu/article.html?aid=265
Anonymous
Post 01/08/2021 17:35     Subject: What is the most overrated school popular among the dc metro area crowd?
Elon
Anonymous
Post 01/08/2021 17:03     Subject: Re:What is the most overrated school popular among the dc metro area crowd?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Notre Dame.


Notre dame probably ha the strongest alumni network outside HYP. People that go there would die for Notre Dame.


like Declan Sullivan?


Exactly!
Anonymous
Post 01/08/2021 17:01     Subject: Re:What is the most overrated school popular among the dc metro area crowd?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Notre Dame.


Notre dame probably ha the strongest alumni network outside HYP. People that go there would die for Notre Dame.


like Declan Sullivan?
Anonymous
Post 01/08/2021 17:00     Subject: Re:What is the most overrated school popular among the dc metro area crowd?
Anonymous wrote:Notre Dame.


Notre dame probably ha the strongest alumni network outside HYP. People that go there would die for Notre Dame.
Anonymous
Post 01/08/2021 15:41     Subject: Re:What is the most overrated school popular among the dc metro area crowd?
Notre Dame.
Anonymous
Post 01/08/2021 15:29     Subject: Re:What is the most overrated school popular among the dc metro area crowd?
Small liberal arts colleges.
Anonymous
Post 01/08/2021 15:11     Subject: Re:What is the most overrated school popular among the dc metro area crowd?
Anonymous wrote:UChicago, Northwestern, JHU, and Emory, the self labeled 'ivy plus' schools by DCUM strivers.


Emory is not quite at the level of the other schools. I'd say it's accurately rated.

If anything UChicago and Northwestern are underrated due to being in the Midwest. And the DC area crowd despises the Midwest.
Anonymous
Post 01/08/2021 14:58     Subject: Re:What is the most overrated school popular among the dc metro area crowd?
Anonymous wrote:UChicago, Northwestern, JHU, and Emory, the self labeled 'ivy plus' schools by DCUM strivers.


+1. Ivies are soooo overrrated... so we created a term for schools that are TOTALLY just as if not MORE elite and we called it IVY plus. lol
Anonymous
Post 01/08/2021 14:08     Subject: Re:What is the most overrated school popular among the dc metro area crowd?
Anonymous wrote:UChicago, Northwestern, JHU, and Emory, the self labeled 'ivy plus' schools by DCUM strivers.


Lol here's this poster again. So sorry your kids didn't make it into any of these schools!
Anonymous
Post 01/08/2021 14:02     Subject: Re:What is the most overrated school popular among the dc metro area crowd?
UChicago, Northwestern, JHU, and Emory, the self labeled 'ivy plus' schools by DCUM strivers.
Anonymous
Post 01/08/2021 12:33     Subject: What is the most overrated school popular among the dc metro area crowd?
UVA... the best university you ever heard of... the best school you could attend...tremendous. You've never seen anything like it... people are saying.
Anonymous
Post 01/08/2021 12:29     Subject: What is the most overrated school popular among the dc metro area crowd?
Duke
Anonymous
Post 11/19/2020 04:35     Subject: What is the most overrated school popular among the dc metro area crowd?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Fact is the website you mention does not conduct any analysis. It is based on a limited sample that is self-reported, as all those other threads mention.


There's also a very thoroughly done Georgetown University report done based on the DOE's College Scorecard that estimates 10, 20, 30, 40-year ROIs. U of C is not ranked as low as in the self-reported Payscale ROI ranking but not high either compared to its peer schools; this clearly does not correspond to its current ranking or perceived prestige.



Higher in this thread the Georgetown NPVs have been discussed. They have lots of problems. The best option is to visit a school’s website and review their outcome data.
Anonymous
Post 11/18/2020 15:30     Subject: What is the most overrated school popular among the dc metro area crowd?
Anonymous wrote:Fact is the website you mention does not conduct any analysis. It is based on a limited sample that is self-reported, as all those other threads mention.


Also, I don't know which crazy Payscale poster you are referring to as this is my first time reading this thread and I won't be the last to raise this problem.