Wouldn’t it be more likely that those who got admitted to highly selective colleges peaked during high school?
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Yeah, those schools are totally mid. 
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I guess if some consider “elite” HYP, some consider HYPMS, some consider Ivies, Some consider Ivies +, Some might even Consider Ivies + MIT, Stanford, UT Austin, UVa, and UC Berkeley and UCLA. I’ve seen relatively few consider elite to be Ivies+ and then Hamilton. Nothing against Hamilton.
You are conveniently ignoring their graduate degrees, but since this is all veering off topic now I’m not going to respond further.
Feel free to start a new topic on this if you like.
Im trying to stay on topic. Why are you telling me to start a new thread when you seem to want to talk about grad school admissions? I think attending Business school after a few years as a fully emancipated adult working at Boston Consulting Group is a lot different from the context of legacy admissions for 17-18 year olds in college. Whether someone gets into HBS tracks a lot of factors that indicate a record and potential in business. As an adult. Not as the child of this or that even though yes, legacy can play a role there too.
What you see in these CEO’s is somewhat the opposite of worrying about college legacies. You see exceptional people blossoming into exceptional roles without the help of Yale, Harvard or any school.
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So that’s where they went to college. this thread is about Legacy Admissions at Top Colleges. And I guess if you consider Hamilton, Tufts and Middlebury among the elite colleges, that’s up to you.
Wow. Just wow.
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You’re flabbergasted by my definition of the word "elite?
I am indeed. There are nearly 6,000 colleges and universities in the US. These three schools do quite well in nearly every reputable college ranking, often placing among the top 50 colleges AND universities in the country (so top 1%). I’d say that’s pretty elite. Limiting the designation of elite to three or eight or (gasp!) 14 schools is pretty shortsighted in my opinion.
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It was not legacy of which i spoke, it was “holistic” admissions that Harvard and most of the Ivies instituted in the late 20s.
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Many on this site, I am afraid, must flabbergast you with their definitions then. If you think my use of the word elite is so far from what - for example - “DadOfJerseyGirl” was thinking in our conversation, just look at the thread. Hint - two of the people discussed went to HBS. And those were the “elite” degrees I was said to overlook. Are you really going to highjack this thread over your definition of “elite”?
It would be unfair to hold that against the undergraduate institutions.
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Are you really going to highjack this thread over your definition of “elite”?
Hijacking a thread that’s been dormant for half a year that you just resurrected to get into arguments? Sure…
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Where did he get his MBA?
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This question was addressed and answered above. Now apparently this thread is about arguing about what people call an “elite college”.
It started with a claim that you have to go to an “elite college” to get a great job on Wall Street, Top Firm or Top Consulting firm. After that, instead of talking about that topic that is vaguely tangential to the thread, now people have seized on the word “elite” to argue.
Sadly not untypical behavior.
I’m unsure what purpose was served by necroposting after 6 months. Regardless, the result was antagonist debate which violates ToS. Closing.
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