Ivies talking to each other

willywonka
Sun, 26 Dec 2004 00:58:11 +0000

I wouldn’t put anything so easily past any school. It doesn’t really seem that bad, but I guess I’m just incredibly biased, as I’m only applying to two of the eight schools. I really can’t imagine seriously considering attending all eight-- a few of them are so drastically different!

A lot of the problem here seems to be that prestige-chasing eats up the three to four spots that an applicant has under the “sharing theory.” Since that (prestige-chasing) is a reality, however, applicants in that position are going to have to make the call themselves.