When people with excellent grades deride themselves...

PMCM18
Mon, 09 Jul 2012 17:48:54 +0000

I haven’t seen this in the real world, but for some reason here in CC Cornell is often depicted as the “■■■■■■■■” child of the Ivy League. Generic example: “Accepted by Cornell, rejected by (insert other Ivy), MY LIFE IS RUINED!”. My guess is that a lot of this behavior has to do with Cornell’s so-called high acceptance rate, a factor that apparently is perceived by some as a proxy for educational quality. Well, I guess they’ll gawk at the nerve of employers who hire Cornell grads over their “superior” pedigrees (if it wasn’t obvious before this is all sarcasm).