What the elite expect and receive from an Ivy League education

Re:What the elite expect and receive from an Ivy League educ... by WalterBright on Tuesday September 19, 2017 @06:17PM (#15289287)

I wonder how they're measuring it. I attended Caltech in the 70s, and the percent who entered as freshman and graduated as seniors was much lower. You could see it just in the number of students at each level, it declined every year.

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Re:What the elite expect and receive from an Ivy League educ... by blacksmythe on Tuesday September 19, 2017 @08:03PM (#15289755)

The Caltech graduation rate back then said to be on the order of 66%.

The saying at Frosh camp was 'Look to your left. Look to your right. One of you is not going to graduate'.

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Re:What the elite expect and receive from an Ivy League educ... by WalterBright on Tuesday September 19, 2017 @10:38PM (#15290353)

66% sounds about right. People left for all sorts of reasons, not just flunking out.

I wonder what has changed since then to so drastically change the graduation rate.

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