Anonymous
Post 05/19/2024 13:48     Subject: What is the most overrated school popular among the dc metro area crowd?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Duke


Why do people pick out Duke other than jealousy? They are near the top from many perspectives. Outcomes (earnings, graduate school acceptances, awards) are very good. Alumni are loyal and supportive. Academics are strong in most areas. Graduate programs are very good (but not top). Campus is attractive and a nice size (although separated). Athletics are a plus because of basketball. Weather is good compared to the Northeast.


Athletics are mostly a minus since they detract from academics.
Anonymous
Post 05/19/2024 13:47     Subject: What is the most overrated school popular among the dc metro area crowd?
Laettner is only the tip of iceberg on douchebag Doooookies. JJ Reddick. Bobby Hurley. Filipowski. Allen Grayson.

Every single me of these guys either played dirty or were insufferable whiners.
Anonymous
Post 05/19/2024 13:43     Subject: What is the most overrated school popular among the dc metro area crowd?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Duke


Why do people pick out Duke other than jealousy? They are near the top from many perspectives. Outcomes (earnings, graduate school acceptances, awards) are very good. Alumni are loyal and supportive. Academics are strong in most areas. Graduate programs are very good (but not top). Campus is attractive and a nice size (although separated). Athletics are a plus because of basketball. Weather is good compared to the Northeast.

Christian Laettner


Well why stop there? Kyrie Irving thinks the earth is flat.
Anonymous
Post 05/19/2024 13:37     Subject: What is the most overrated school popular among the dc metro area crowd?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Duke


Why do people pick out Duke other than jealousy? They are near the top from many perspectives. Outcomes (earnings, graduate school acceptances, awards) are very good. Alumni are loyal and supportive. Academics are strong in most areas. Graduate programs are very good (but not top). Campus is attractive and a nice size (although separated). Athletics are a plus because of basketball. Weather is good compared to the Northeast.

Christian Laettner
Anonymous
Post 05/19/2024 13:34     Subject: What is the most overrated school popular among the dc metro area crowd?
Anonymous wrote:Duke


Why do people pick out Duke other than jealousy? They are near the top from many perspectives. Outcomes (earnings, graduate school acceptances, awards) are very good. Alumni are loyal and supportive. Academics are strong in most areas. Graduate programs are very good (but not top). Campus is attractive and a nice size (although separated). Athletics are a plus because of basketball. Weather is good compared to the Northeast.
Anonymous
Post 05/19/2024 12:44     Subject: What is the most overrated school popular among the dc metro area crowd?
Duke
Anonymous
Post 05/19/2024 11:38     Subject: What is the most overrated school popular among the dc metro area crowd?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Pitt & Williams


Williams? It seems to do a really good job of getting its grads wherever they want to go.


Isn't Williams like top 5 LAC?
https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/school/?168342-Williams-College

Outcome Isn't impressive at all compared to it's ranking. Seems overrated.


exactly - where grads from slacs like bowdoin and wesleyan seem to revel in being unknown to masses and their school’s quirkiness, Williams alumns are the opposite - and demand being compared to the ivies - the few dozen I’ve met have been tiring and obnoxious in this regard - rest assured, no ivy is comparing itself to Williams!


+ 1,000

This is so spot on!
Anonymous
Post 05/19/2024 11:23     Subject: What is the most overrated school popular among the dc metro area crowd?
Claiming something is overrated without any evidence or reasoning is meaningless.
Anonymous
Post 05/19/2024 03:01     Subject: Re:What is the most overrated school popular among the dc metro area crowd?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:UVA
William & Mary
UMD


Are you a VT supporter?


No. But VT isn’t overrated.


Why do you think the 3 schools above are?
Anonymous
Post 05/18/2024 23:32     Subject: What is the most overrated school popular among the dc metro area crowd?
Anonymous wrote:Penn State

UF

UT Texas

Any school in Tennesse.


This makes me smile. I can't t think any of your kids will be accepted to Texas. I can't speak to UF.

Tenessee is not easy these days. lol
Anonymous
Post 05/18/2024 23:21     Subject: What is the most overrated school popular among the dc metro area crowd?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Most are naming schools they have a beef with. If people are being objective, they would focus on ones that don't deliver on undergraduate education quality (particularly if they have high tuition and fees) or don't have outcomes commensurate of the quality of its incoming students.


Precisely. VT .


Huh? Talk about an example of someone whose kid must have been rejected. VT is exactly the opposite of the description above. But, you knew that.
DP


Ha! No. My kids are at ivies. Kids from the top 10% do not apply to VT from our private because it is inferior to the ivies and T20s they attend. I mock it because colleagues have kids there (who goofed off in HS and were not able to finish top 20% at their private) and are endlessly frustrated by the easy tests and lack of challenge even in engineering which they are supposed to be good at. They all say it is easier than their top private Hs. The jobs are very limited with no PhD track or MBB big consulting tech or finance tracks . Med school acceptance only comes from-the top5% and the classes do not prepare for MCAT.



OMG, you are so transparent. Thanks for giving me a hearty laugh, though!
DP
Anonymous
Post 05/18/2024 23:03     Subject: Re:What is the most overrated school popular among the dc metro area crowd?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:UVA
William & Mary
UMD


Are you a VT supporter?


No. But VT isn’t overrated.
Anonymous
Post 05/18/2024 23:00     Subject: What is the most overrated school popular among the dc metro area crowd?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Most are naming schools they have a beef with. If people are being objective, they would focus on ones that don't deliver on undergraduate education quality (particularly if they have high tuition and fees) or don't have outcomes commensurate of the quality of its incoming students.


Precisely. VT .


Huh? Talk about an example of someone whose kid must have been rejected. VT is exactly the opposite of the description above. But, you knew that.
DP


Ha! No. My kids are at ivies. Kids from the top 10% do not apply to VT from our private because it is inferior to the ivies and T20s they attend. I mock it because colleagues have kids there (who goofed off in HS and were not able to finish top 20% at their private) and are endlessly frustrated by the easy tests and lack of challenge even in engineering which they are supposed to be good at. They all say it is easier than their top private Hs. The jobs are very limited with no PhD track or MBB big consulting tech or finance tracks . Med school acceptance only comes from-the top5% and the classes do not prepare for MCAT.
Anonymous
Post 05/18/2024 19:49     Subject: What is the most overrated school popular among the dc metro area crowd?
GW, not worth $90k
Anonymous
Post 05/18/2024 19:42     Subject: What is the most overrated school popular among the dc metro area crowd?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Pitt & Williams


Williams? It seems to do a really good job of getting its grads wherever they want to go.


+1. Do not believe everything you read on DCUM.

Do not believe ANYTHING you read on DCUM.