<p>“The opportunity for a Stanford education does not come around often”. </p>
<p>Ah, now this is amusing. So it is true [!]that there are those who find the allure of a University’s name–and that name alone plumbed by statistics on admission-- to be indicative of the quality of education natural to the institution; that Mr. S [for example] should attend Stanford over Cal Tech, or USC, because his education will be superior! Very amusing. Laughter, comrades, rings in all life’s hard lessons a’bornin’.
Perhaps Mr. H truly believes that what passes for intellectual growth in Harvard Yard is of finer mettle than that of MIT, or Williams.
Perhaps Mr. Y truly believes that what passes for a life of the mind among the Ely is of fabric finer than that of Cornell, or Wesleyan.
Perhaps Mr. P truly believes that the fires of thought burn brighter by Fine Hall than at Johns Hopkins or Carnegie-Mellon.
But then Mr.'s HYPS perhaps have no understanding of how the quality of education to be found at their favored “name” compares to that be found at these other institutions.</p>