Worth The Risk

advantagious
Thu, 03 May 2007 22:05:08 +0000

You already got into five big–huge!–name schools and are in a position that almost anyone would find enviable. Your reasoning is absolutely, 100% incorrect. You would gain NO advantage in applying for grad school from Yale over Brown, Dartmouth, UChicago, or Pomona. You really need to gain some perspective and realize that not only would you not gain anything from attending Yale over any of the schools that you have listed, but that the admissions process is extremely capricious and if you do not matriculate, not only may you not get into YPMS, you may not be readmitted to the schools that you were accepted to this year, either.

Edit: They are big name schools to anyone who knows anything about schools. If Brown, UChicago, or Wharton are not prestigious enough names for your self-esteem, you really need a reality check on your self-esteem. Sorry if this sounds harsh, but…this is a frustruating topic to me.