Anonymous
04/21/2020 17:25
Subject: Re:Harvard or Columbia - Where would you go?
Seems like your kid got in off the waitlist - congrats! This is a lucky year for waitlist movement
Anonymous
04/21/2020 17:24
Subject: Harvard or Columbia - Where would you go?
Anonymous wrote:Not even comparable. Harvard.
Lol - Columbia is so much easier
Anonymous
04/21/2020 17:17
Subject: Harvard or Columbia - Where would you go?
Not even comparable. Harvard.
Anonymous
04/21/2020 16:44
Subject: Re:Harvard or Columbia - Where would you go?
Just curious, but how does this make sense from a hiring perspective? Clients wouldn't know your hiree's pedigree.Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:For Finance and Engineering
Columbia
For Lib Arts Harvard.
Disagree. I know multiple art/fim/visual studies, history, comp lit, and government majors from Harvard who had multiple offers to work on Wall Street in front office jobs by commencement day.
These companies don't care, they want your pedigree. They expect to train you on-the-job and put you thru finance boot camp. You're going to get your CFA and Series licenses while working, that's the expectation.
Anonymous
04/21/2020 16:43
Subject: Re:Harvard or Columbia - Where would you go?
Can I ask why you hired them? It wasn't for the name, I assume.Anonymous wrote:Harvard for the name I guess even though every single Harvard graduate we have hired at my company has been a disappointment. High maintenance, arrogant, no better than other high performing college grads. I hear from others though that Harvard law school grads are top notch though
Anonymous
04/21/2020 16:40
Subject: Harvard or Columbia - Where would you go?
Harvard and Cambridge/Boston>Columbia and NYC.
Anonymous
04/21/2020 16:32
Subject: Harvard or Columbia - Where would you go?
Anonymous wrote:For undergrad, I would say Harvard.
For graduate, I turned them down, because they were weaker than the school I chose in my specific area of interest. I got lots of pushback from people who thought I was derailing my life to turn down Harvard.
My brother went this route. Unfortunately, employers failed to understand the “stronger” school. If you have Harvard you’re set for life. He is piddling in a government job now. But, yeah he pursued his specialty...
Anonymous
04/21/2020 16:29
Subject: Re:Harvard or Columbia - Where would you go?
Is your kid a legacy at Harvard?
Anonymous
04/21/2020 16:28
Subject: Re:Harvard or Columbia - Where would you go?
Harvard for the name I guess even though every single Harvard graduate we have hired at my company has been a disappointment. High maintenance, arrogant, no better than other high performing college grads. I hear from others though that Harvard law school grads are top notch though
Anonymous
04/21/2020 16:20
Subject: Harvard or Columbia - Where would you go?
Harvard
Anonymous
04/21/2020 16:12
Subject: Re:Harvard or Columbia - Where would you go?
I'm cracking up at the notion that Harvard grads are primarily suave extroverts. Harvard graduates a lot of nerds who haven't picked up any social graces, but did manage to absorb some of the arrogance.
Anonymous
04/21/2020 16:12
Subject: Re:Harvard or Columbia - Where would you go?
Harvard is more prestigious, although in terms of fit I understand why many students might prefer Columbia
Anonymous
04/21/2020 15:51
Subject: Harvard or Columbia - Where would you go?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Having attended both... Harvard college is a lot of fun and way more relaxed. So... Harvard.
+1000
The term "A Gentleman's C" came from Harvard. It's nowhere near as intense and competitive as Columbia. Go to Columbia for an intense academic environment; go to Harvard for a social environment where soft skills are prized.
That's basically the difference between the two schools. Whether or not your child will do well depends on his personality. If your son is a strong introvert, he may be miserable at Harvard.
No, that was based on "a gentleman's third" at Oxford, as you see in Evelyn Waugh's "Brideshead Revisited". The phrase was just remade over for the Ivies.
Anonymous
04/21/2020 15:42
Subject: Re:Harvard or Columbia - Where would you go?
Anonymous wrote:For Finance and Engineering
Columbia
For Lib Arts Harvard.
Disagree. I know multiple art/fim/visual studies, history, comp lit, and government majors from Harvard who had multiple offers to work on Wall Street in front office jobs by commencement day.
These companies don't care, they want your pedigree. They expect to train you on-the-job and put you thru finance boot camp. You're going to get your CFA and Series licenses while working, that's the expectation.
Anonymous
04/21/2020 15:36
Subject: Re:Harvard or Columbia - Where would you go?
For Finance and Engineering
Columbia
For Lib Arts Harvard.
Columbia
For Lib Arts Harvard.