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Anonymous wrote:For many people, school is purely about social status.

The actual education you receive at BC is probably excellent. Some programs may be even better than at some ivies. Even humble state schools sometimes have individual programs for which they are ranked #1. But the school, overall, doesnt have the prestige and you just don't get to say that you went to an Ivy, and mingle with the sons and daughters of the Bourgeoisie.

Intelligence and wisdom are not necessarily found together.

I went to an Ivy and I can tell you we didn't aspire to mingle with the bourgeoisie. They were only middle class. We wanted to mingle with the Beautiful People, Eurotrash, and members of the aristocracy.

You left out the children of dictators!

Just like the Kardashians. Barf!

Anonymous wrote:For many people, school is purely about social status.

The actual education you receive at BC is probably excellent. Some programs may be even better than at some ivies. Even humble state schools sometimes have individual programs for which they are ranked #1. But the school, overall, doesnt have the prestige and you just don't get to say that you went to an Ivy, and mingle with the sons and daughters of the Bourgeoisie.

Intelligence and wisdom are not necessarily found together.

I went to an Ivy and I can tell you we didn't aspire to mingle with the bourgeoisie. They were only middle class. We wanted to mingle with the Beautiful People, Eurotrash, and members of the aristocracy.

For many people, school is purely about social status.

The actual education you receive at BC is probably excellent. Some programs may be even better than at some ivies. Even humble state schools sometimes have individual programs for which they are ranked #1. But the school, overall, doesnt have the prestige and you just don't get to say that you went to an Ivy, and mingle with the sons and daughters of the Bourgeoisie.

Intelligence and wisdom are not necessarily found together.

well put

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Anonymous wrote:Does anyone else see the irony in this discussion descending into a debate on the prestige of BC? This is exactly the toxic culture that created Crazy Lady from Chevy Chase.

whats the debate? It's a pretty good second tier school.

Which is better than the vast majority of children in this area will be able to do....

The Ivy-obsessed strike me as fearful people. So glad my kids won't be one of them.

I wouldn't want to go to a school in that area that isn't Harvard or MIT.

I just simply don't understand this mentality at all. I had interaction with 2 Harvard students last year and I was flabbergasted at how utterly incompetent they were in life. I won't go into details because I will out myself and them, but suffice it to say that I feel for any of their future employers. Truest example of "book smart and life stupid" that I have ever met!

I have family members who attend graduate school in Boston (not at Harvard or MIT) and they are extremely smart people who are very happy with their education. Don't knock the other schools in the Boston area. Boston is a great town because of all of the smart and educated people who are there and most of them do not attend Harvard or MIT.

Oh and those saying that BC is a mediocre school simply don't know what they are talking about!

Seriously. Knocking an educational institution is so coarse and trashy. How can you possibly look down on any institution that educates people, for crying out loud, whether it's Harvard or Bob's School of Trucking? Is trying to teach people with the purpose of improving their lives and, ultimately, the world supposed to be a bad thing? Are we supposed to look down on any person trying to learn? So what if they're not as "smart" or "fancy" as you think they should be? Should they not try to improve themselves? And these schools that you're looking down on are doing it with far fewer resources than the institutions you're slobbering over. Is that what Harvard and MIT have taught you? Not a very good education, if so.

Also, say you attended Harvard or MIT. What if your child or grandchild didn't get in? Would you look down on them?

So sad, so pathetic. So very insecure.

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Anonymous wrote:Does anyone else see the irony in this discussion descending into a debate on the prestige of BC? This is exactly the toxic culture that created Crazy Lady from Chevy Chase.

whats the debate? It's a pretty good second tier school.

Which is better than the vast majority of children in this area will be able to do....

The Ivy-obsessed strike me as fearful people. So glad my kids won't be one of them.

I wouldn't want to go to a school in that area that isn't Harvard or MIT.

I just simply don't understand this mentality at all. I had interaction with 2 Harvard students last year and I was flabbergasted at how utterly incompetent they were in life. I won't go into details because I will out myself and them, but suffice it to say that I feel for any of their future employers. Truest example of "book smart and life stupid" that I have ever met!

I have family members who attend graduate school in Boston (not at Harvard or MIT) and they are extremely smart people who are very happy with their education. Don't knock the other schools in the Boston area. Boston is a great town because of all of the smart and educated people who are there and most of them do not attend Harvard or MIT.

Oh and those saying that BC is a mediocre school simply don't know what they are talking about!

Anonymous wrote:Did I miss the link to this podcast?

Google "Adam and Dr. Drew Show."

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Anonymous wrote:Does anyone else see the irony in this discussion descending into a debate on the prestige of BC? This is exactly the toxic culture that created Crazy Lady from Chevy Chase.

whats the debate? It's a pretty good second tier school.

Which is better than the vast majority of children in this area will be able to do....

The Ivy-obsessed strike me as fearful people. So glad my kids won't be one of them.

I wouldn't want to go to a school in that area that isn't Harvard or MIT.

I do not understand this obsession about ivies.
I know a number of ivy graduates who are not doing much after receiving their BA's and BS's. It all depends what path students will take after graduation. I think it's mostly for prestige ...

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Anonymous wrote:Does anyone else see the irony in this discussion descending into a debate on the prestige of BC? This is exactly the toxic culture that created Crazy Lady from Chevy Chase.

whats the debate? It's a pretty good second tier school.

Which is better than the vast majority of children in this area will be able to do....

The Ivy-obsessed strike me as fearful people. So glad my kids won't be one of them.

I wouldn't want to go to a school in that area that isn't Harvard or MIT.

OMG - that was the best. I'm now going to be obsessed with finding Julia, who left so many identifiable details that it won't be hard. Julia, Julia, Julia - come see me in my therapy practice, I think I can help you.

Did I miss the link to this podcast?

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Anonymous wrote:Does anyone else see the irony in this discussion descending into a debate on the prestige of BC? This is exactly the toxic culture that created Crazy Lady from Chevy Chase.

whats the debate? It's a pretty good second tier school.

Which is better than the vast majority of children in this area will be able to do....

The Ivy-obsessed strike me as fearful people. So glad my kids won't be one of them.

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Anonymous wrote:In the northeast, BC is definitely one of the aspiration schools. Growing up, it was uttered in the same breath as Georgetown, Penn, Duke, and Vandy.

Guess I missed those utterances in my part of the northeast. I did hear Duke mentioned, though.

snob. you no doubt needed to broaden your circle. a number of kids I knew growing up there would have been thrilled to go to BC.

Anonymous wrote:The people on this thread who think that BC is just an 'alright' school are just as warped as the call-in woman. Feel free to criticize her for having a hang up about a certain school, or set of schools. But first look into the mirror. I read somewhere that the top 50 colleges in America have enough slots for only 2% of US high school graduates. The sense of entitlement that permeates this thread is case and point for why this woman feels under so much pressure.

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