What is going on? have people lost their minds?

bobtheboy
Wed, 16 May 2012 01:34:17 +0000

There are some future possible quants who are beyond impressive in terms of critical thinking ability.



This is true, and I’m sure there are people like this at Cornell too. However, the point that poster was trying to make, I believe, is that Wharton is even more “anti-intellectual” and goal-oriented than Cornell. If it helps, I don’t really know much about Cornell other than that my good friend goes there and loves it (and is certainly the intellectual type); three of my friends attended Wharton last year and two are attempting to transfer out (one is just going to Penn CAS, while the other wants ot leave Penn entirely) because of the exact same thing you described, only (according to them) magnified. The third, naturally a competitive type, is having the time of his life. Wharton, while an incredible program, is known for that overwhelmingly pre-professional atmosphere, and so it isn’t for everyone. By the sound of your posts, you sound like one of the people that it is not a good fit for. Princeton seemed to have a very intellectual atmosphere when I visited. Stanford is more focused around athletics but I’m sure is intellectual if you hang out with the right people. Harvard seemed mixed - some people were very intellectual types, while others seemed a little snobbish. I don’t know much about Yale.