Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:MIT, Stanford, Chicago, Northwestern, Williams, Amherst, Swarthmore, Pomona, Harvey Mudd, Cal Tech, Duke.

Semi-elite: Cal, UCLA, Michigan, Georgetown, JHU, Carnegie Mellon, Emory, Vandy

Northwester, Swarthmore, Pomona, Duke? I don't think so.

College prof here--would definitely consider Swarthmore and Pomona to be "elite," Northwestern and Duke slightly less so, but still very good schools.

Cal is definitely Elite. It would be around top 10 if not a public school.

Another college prof. Similar reaction. Though I'd add JHU to elite as well.

Cal, UCLA, and Michigan are all excellent schools. Which makes me wonder why they aren't considered elite. Public? Less expensive? Don't turn enough people away? More diverse student bodies that aren't predominantly pre-professional? I suspect "upper middle class" is a necessary but not sufficient condition for how most people define what schools are elite.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:MIT, Stanford, Chicago, Northwestern, Williams, Amherst, Swarthmore, Pomona, Harvey Mudd, Cal Tech, Duke.

Semi-elite: Cal, UCLA, Michigan, Georgetown, JHU, Carnegie Mellon, Emory, Vandy

Northwester, Swarthmore, Pomona, Duke? I don't think so.

College prof here--would definitely consider Swarthmore and Pomona to be "elite," Northwestern and Duke slightly less so, but still very good schools.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Indian Institute of Technology
University of Singapore
Tokyo University
University of Beijing
Seoul University

and many others on the [b]Eastern/b] Shores of the Pacific Ocean. The children of their graduates could take up all the HYP spots with their eyes closed if only we'd let them.

Do they teach geography in thosae schools?

When people inadvertently reveal their own stupidity while calling others stupid, it makes me laugh. Thanks for the laugh, PP.

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Anonymous wrote:If your rising senior hasn't already seen the film 3 Idiots, I highly recommend it. It's about a (fictional) high-powered Indian engineering school.

I want to see it! Is it available on Netflix?

Don't know about Nextflix, but Amazon Instant Video has it for rent. IIRC, it's close to three hours long, so pick a day when you have time! It's very funny (as well as sad and thought-provoking in places) and has a couple spectacular Bollywood dance scenes.

Pomona and Claremont McKenna accepted 9.75% this year. Swat 12.1%. Williams at about 16%.

Anonymous wrote:Pomona's 14-15 acceptance rate was around 12% per the common data set, while Swat's was closer to 17%.

Thank you. I thought Pomona's was 27% - I've clearly confused it with other schools. Claremont seems like it must be a nice college town.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY

They have that professor of economy who won the Nobel prize.

That's nice.

Pomona's 14-15 acceptance rate was around 12% per the common data set, while Swat's was closer to 17%.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:MIT, Stanford, Chicago, Northwestern, Williams, Amherst, Swarthmore, Pomona, Harvey Mudd, Cal Tech, Duke.

Semi-elite: Cal, UCLA, Michigan, Georgetown, JHU, Carnegie Mellon, Emory, Vandy

Northwester, Swarthmore, Pomona, Duke? I don't think so.

Swat is a peer to williams and amherst - aws are clearly the top 3 lac's and elite. Pomona is the strongest LAC in the west and the toughest one to get into in the country.

Northwestern and Duke are peers to Penn in pretty much everything minus Wharton.

Genuinely curious....Pomona's acceptance rate is twice Swarthmore's, why is it the most difficult to get into?

Anonymous wrote:If your rising senior hasn't already seen the film 3 Idiots, I highly recommend it. It's about a (fictional) high-powered Indian engineering school.

I want to see it! Is it available on Netflix?

If your rising senior hasn't already seen the film 3 Idiots, I highly recommend it. It's about a (fictional) high-powered Indian engineering school.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Indian Institute of Technology
University of Singapore
Tokyo University
University of Beijing
Seoul University

and many others on the Eastern Shores of the Pacific Ocean. The children of their graduates could take up all the HYP spots with their eyes closed if only we'd let them.

Do they teach English at Indian Institute of Technology?

Oh yeah....Eat your heart out, HYP:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBk4Z4q1fEg

I don't think anyone at HYP is losing any sleep. That said, there are great schools all over the world.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Indian Institute of Technology
University of Singapore
Tokyo University
University of Beijing
Seoul University

and many others on the Eastern Shores of the Pacific Ocean. The children of their graduates could take up all the HYP spots with their eyes closed if only we'd let them.

Do they teach English at Indian Institute of Technology?

Oh yeah....Eat your heart out, HYP:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBk4Z4q1fEg

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Indian Institute of Technology
University of Singapore
Tokyo University
University of Beijing
Seoul University

and many others on the [b]Eastern/b] Shores of the Pacific Ocean. The children of their graduates could take up all the HYP spots with their eyes closed if only we'd let them.

Do they teach geography in thosae schools?

Not PP, but those might be considered the "east coast" of Asia. Like if you think DC is near the eastern shore of the US.

Like DC is near the Eastern Shore of the Chesapeake?