Opportunities afforded by a Rice degree vs. a Duke degree

[interestingguy]

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Favor, meaning promising employment opportunities, networking, connections, open doors, high graduate school acceptance rates, not to mention social status.

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<p>Rice has very strong academics, but most other top 20 schools are better for seeking “favor” and “social status.”</p>

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The common layman doesn’t “know” Dartmouth or Brown, nor Williams and Amherst – but your statement of the justification being graduates of those schools, as well as Rice, Emory, and WashU (insert other “not well known” schools here) haven’t done anything “worthwhile” is simply ludicrous and absurd.

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<p>Obviously, Dartmouth and Brown aren’t HYPSM. But they are fairly well known (compared to Rice, Emory, WashU, etc.) due to their ivy status and references in popular culture (see The OC, Gossip Girls, Superbad, etc.).</p>

<p>I didn’t say that Rice graduates haven’t done ANYthing worthwhile. My point is that Rice’s list of Nobel Laureates, Rhodes Scholars, MacArthur Fellows, etc. is underwhelming relative to other top 20 schools.</p>

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That is poor logic to say that because a school is more “well known” for its sport accomplishments is accomplishing much more “worthwhile” activities than another university with emphasis on science and research.

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<p>When did I ever say such a thing??? In an earlier post, I explicited stated that I’d prefer not to be associated with a school (e.g. Duke) that primarily made its name from sports.</p>