Is this a new trend?

[ExieMITAlum]

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I believe that in the BS world, some schools are better equipped for academic learning than others for students who are significantly more intelligent and motivated than many of their peers …What top BS’s have that lower tiered schools don’t are the more resources (because of their size of endowment and alum donations) and strong peers (as they are more selective). That, to me, means a better learning environment.

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<p>You aren’t serious are you?</p>

<p>Given the rise in applications - any “advantage” those schools might have had once in terms of elite student bodies is now gone as high performing applicants are now being spread throughout the system.</p>

<p>And I can tell you that even in the old days that was more myth than reality predicated on the concentration of wealth, not brain power.</p>