penn v. yale

DunninLA
Fri, 27 Aug 2010 15:05:40 +0000

mancuse:

If you really fell in love with Yale (and I am not clear that you did) then go for …

I am not clear the he did, either. I get the feeling that OP likes the IDEA of the self validation that would come from being accepting at a HYP school… which one doesn’t matter, they’re fungible. The fact that OP has not articulated what it is about Yale that attracts him/her leads me to believe it is 100% a prestige play.

OP, I do not criticize your point of view. You are young, and your views are most likely informed primarily by your family, and your culture. It takes many, many years to calmly observe life’s opportunities, paths, and outcomes to reach even a greyish certainty about what your OWN views are. You have simply revealed in this thread what half the posters here also believe… that is some as yet undefinable way, attending a HYP school vs. any other will equate to having grasped the brass ring. “Prestige mongers” is a phrase thrown around here, as though prestige were an evil concept. It is not evil, but I hold that is is almost irrelevant to your post college life.

Still, challenge yourself. I suggest you do a quick read of the book Harvard Schmarvard to stimulate your thinking about what your college choice may mean for you and your future opportunities in life.