Tier 1 verses Tier 2 - Page 7

fun is fun · 03-20-2009, 02:49 PM

Actually -- the Ivy League is quite strong in certain sports. M/W Lacrosse, M/W Crew, M/W Squash, M/W Tennis, M/W Hockey, Wrestling, Field Hockey -- Ivy Teams are invariably nationally ranked in these sports, and have a number of recent national championships in a few...

mpicz · 03-20-2009, 04:53 PM

Cornell came out of the IVY to get a NCAA basketball tournament bid. Right now there holding their own against a 3 seed which is amazing. There going to lose, but their obviously not bad

keylyme · 03-20-2009, 05:06 PM

Sometimes they make it to NCAA's. Dartmouth won the Ivy's for soccer, made it to the sweet 16 and were spanked by Wake Forest.

toadstool · 03-21-2009, 11:01 AM

supporting: "The tier question comes up so often that I can't help wondering - Once a person finds a top 15 prep to get them into a top 10 university is there then a list of top five professions to be practiced at the top five firms? Do you and your spouse (culled from a list of top 15 available mates) then buy a house in a top 15 zip code and, while summering at one of the top 15 vacation spots, procreate so you can continue the process with the next generation?"

The education at Prep schools in tier one or tier two or tier three is outstanding. Sadly, the tier one attracts a greater portion of "trophy" families, who make decisions, not based on what is best for the kid, but on how it looks. Trophy houses, trophy wives, trophy kids all marching to a very strange drummer. Not all, but a fair number. Makes for a strange culture. For some folks, that the reason they avoid tier one.

principalviola · 03-21-2009, 11:02 AM

I agree with you, but that was taking it a bit too far... I think those who go to tier one schools factor prestige in... It does not mean they do all the things you say.

toadstool · 03-21-2009, 11:25 AM

Pincipalviola, I agree with you; not all families at tier one schools are trophy hunters..... but a higher proportion are as compared with what you will find at tier two and three. Some families choose to go to Tier 2 and 3, not because they couldn't get into tier one, but because they did not want to play that game.

Love the screen name ... and Emily Dickenson's frogs in bogs. My point exactly.