Ivy League Undergrad Quality without the elitism

[johnnybegood]

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@hawkette

Johnny,
As an Ivy grad, your statements personify what this thread is addressing….

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@hawkette

If you think otherwise, then I suggest you stay nestled in your ignorance in the Northeast and don’t venture out. You might be in for a shock.

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<p>I didn’t confirm or deny that I am an Ivy grad. Nor did I say (or not say) that I am from the Northeast. So who’s being “ignorant?”</p>

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@hawkette

Looking at standardized test scores is hardly deceiving—LOL—but claims that some schools are more holistic in their admissions process than peer colleges…

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<p>Are you suggesting that HYPSM with their 60-75%+ yields cannot enroll higher SAT scorers if they chose to? Some of the schools you claim to be “equivalents” (e.g. Northwestern, Rice, Vanderbilt, etc.) have 30-something percent yields. If they were to try to enroll a greater number of high scorers, their yields would drop to the unfathomable point at which they would have trouble filling their classes. </p>

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@hawkette

As for your other assertions on yield, jobs and grad school placements, you have an inflated sense of the Ivies’ sway, particularly outside of the Northeast. Consider an applicant from dozens of places (Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Houston, Memphis, Miami Seattle, etc) distant from the lair of the Ivies and you’ll find huge reversals in yield

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<p>But the “reversals in yield” are not equal. Otherwise, the overall yields would be the same.</p>