When does an up & coming university finally become “elite”?

Pizzagirl
Wed, 26 Aug 2015 21:38:53 +0000

I’m not “trashing Brown and Cornell as being regionals.” They are perfectly fine schools and I’d be proud to have my kids attend either one. I am suggesting that prestige still has a regional component, that’s all.

I think the bigger thing is that there is a lot of focus on what other people think of as elite, but I submit that most everyday, average people don’t really care one way or the other whether a school is elite. Most people in this country are making college decisions based on cost, proximity to home, and familiarity. Elite is not the uber-goal of everyone. It’s of importance to me and mine, but I’m not everybody.