Harvard vs DeVry University

Colleges & Universities Harvard University
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<p>Hey. So the age old question. Do smart students excel after a completing four years at an institution like Harvard cause they went to harvard or do they excel because they were smart enough to go to harvard in the first place. In other words, is a 2300 SAT scorer with phenomenal ECs, character, sporting achievements, and ambition going to be just as successful if he/she chose DeVry over Harvard? </p>

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<p>Devry is number one</p>

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<p>^no, princeton is. </p>

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<p>Yes. Absolutely sir you are correct. If you get accepted to Harvard, reject it and choose Devry. </p>

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<p>@knight2011 your even wondering this question shows that you’ve not been around many high achievers. It’s not an “age old question” It’s only a question to those who don’t take a few moments to consider the actual answer.</p>

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<p>@T26E4; I would think that you would be able to recognize a ■■■■■. </p>

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<p>^obviously T26E4 is not around many high achievers. </p>

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<p>Harvard duh do you have a brain</p>

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<p>So much chatter, so little data.</p>

<p><a href=“Accessibility to Elite Colleges Is More Difficult for Poor and Minority Students | TIME.com”>http://ideas.time.com/2013/02/27/the-biggest-barrier-to-elite-education-isnt-affordability-its-accessibility/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>“A June 2011 study from two Princeton University economists, which relied on 30 years of survey data, found that middle class, white and Asian students who had the grades and test scores to attend elite schools, but chose to enroll elsewhere faired as well economically as students who attended more selective schools. On the other hand, Latino, black, and low-income students, as well as those whose parents did not graduate from college, who could have attended an elite school but went elsewhere did not earn nearly as much over the course of their careers or rise up the corporate ladder to the heights achieved by their peers who attended elite schools.”</p>

<p>Translation: If you’re rich and white, doesn’t matter. If you’re less fortunate, go to Harvard. Or Princeton, if you don’t like settling for #2.</p>