Anonymous
Post 09/20/2025 22:51     Subject: Pseudo prestigious privates
Anonymous wrote:UVA is better than every school on this list and UMD is better than most of them.


Oh lord, the UVA booster has sniffed out yet another thread on which to display his/her insecurity.
Anonymous
Post 09/20/2025 22:43     Subject: Pseudo prestigious privates
Anonymous wrote:You have issues.


+1
Anonymous
Post 09/20/2025 22:42     Subject: Pseudo prestigious privates
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:BU and Tulane are nowhere near prestigious.

*according to my made-up Saturday night wine-induced definition that only I know about but can't remember at the moment. buh-urp

Well, BU is at least near prestigious (other schools in the area).
Anonymous
Post 09/20/2025 22:40     Subject: Pseudo prestigious privates
Anonymous wrote:
UVA and UMD both have higher acceptance rates than any institution on OP's list.

Would OP care to cite other state Us?

Is OP going to change their tune and say that acceptance rate doesn't matter per se, because State Us are so much cheaper, it makes them better deals?

That would be a different argument.



The OP is talking out of his a**

He has no cogent arguments.
Anonymous
Post 09/20/2025 22:26     Subject: Pseudo prestigious privates

UVA and UMD both have higher acceptance rates than any institution on OP's list.

Would OP care to cite other state Us?

Is OP going to change their tune and say that acceptance rate doesn't matter per se, because State Us are so much cheaper, it makes them better deals?

That would be a different argument.

Anonymous
Post 09/20/2025 22:24     Subject: Pseudo prestigious privates
Anonymous wrote:
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.


You're going to have to quote them, because I'm not seeing the numbers you're seeing.

The burden of proof is on YOU, because YOU started it.
Anonymous
Post 09/20/2025 21:55     Subject: Pseudo prestigious privates
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:BU and Tulane are nowhere near prestigious.


They provide a better education than a flagship with 300+ students in a classroom. Flagships are for cheap parents.


95% of classes at a state flagship doesn't have 300+ students in them. The remaining 5% that might are basic classes like general chemistry and calculus. If your snowflake needs a small class size to be educated in them, they suck as a student anyway.
Anonymous
Post 09/20/2025 21:49     Subject: Pseudo prestigious privates
Anonymous wrote:BU and Tulane are nowhere near prestigious.

*according to my made-up Saturday night wine-induced definition that only I know about but can't remember at the moment. buh-urp
Anonymous
Post 09/20/2025 21:45     Subject: Pseudo prestigious privates
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:UVA is better than every school on this list and UMD is better than most of them.

(and because I don't have an extra $200k per kid to cover the difference)


LOL, I'm gonna pay 200k more for, what, Tulane over UVA? hahahahahaha

too bad you're poor
Anonymous
Post 09/20/2025 21:34     Subject: Pseudo prestigious privates
Anonymous wrote:
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


NYU has a lot of issues. Too big. No campus. Job-central. These issues make it non-elite. But it's still a great school.

Agree on BU, Wake, NEU, and Tulane.


For some, it’s a plus, as is the location,
Anonymous
Post 09/20/2025 21:27     Subject: Pseudo prestigious privates
Anonymous wrote:BU and Tulane are nowhere near prestigious.


They provide a better education than a flagship with 300+ students in a classroom. Flagships are for cheap parents.
Anonymous
Post 09/20/2025 21:26     Subject: Pseudo prestigious privates
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:UVA is better than every school on this list and UMD is better than most of them.

(and because I don't have an extra $200k per kid to cover the difference)


LOL, I'm gonna pay 200k more for, what, Tulane over UVA? hahahahahaha
Anonymous
Post 09/20/2025 21:24     Subject: Pseudo prestigious privates
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:UVA is better than every school on this list and UMD is better than most of them.

eh

Actually, oos UVA very much belongs on this list. Pseudo-prestige — and southern cosplay — is the only reson oos parents would pay private school tuition for a state school.
Anonymous
Post 09/20/2025 21:23     Subject: Pseudo prestigious privates
Anonymous wrote:UVA is better than every school on this list and UMD is better than most of them.

(and because I don't have an extra $200k per kid to cover the difference)
Anonymous
Post 09/20/2025 21:22     Subject: Pseudo prestigious privates
Anonymous wrote:
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?


Both are true