Cut Throat University

ledzep
Thu, 24 May 2007 18:00:57 +0000

Harvard
Harvard
Wharton
All the other top schools


I’m not saying there’s no throat-cutting going on at other colleges, obviously there is, but you will find it more as part of a program, esp. things like pre-law, pre-med, engineering, econ/management, where everyone is competing for the same schools/jobs, than as part of a school spirit.

Nowhere but at Harvard and Wharton is dick-measuring and competition so ingrained in the school “spirit.” At Wharton, although this of course has its drawbacks, this being a business school, it’s actually channelled toward positive things.

But at Harvard, you have kids who their all lives have done nothing but overachieve and yearn for recognition, who were at the top of anyone they knew their entire life, and are suddenly realizing hey, they’re not such hot ****, and they’d better kick it into high(er) gear if they still want the adoration of mommy and daddy. Not. Good. One of the many reasons why UMass Cambridge sucks.