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Re:Yale will again require standardized test scores for admi... by imgabe on Thursday February 22, 2024 @02:53PM (#39472180)
And would you say it’s a good thing that this is the reason as compared to actually learning calculus?

Ultimately, you’re going to have to drive across a bridge someday designed by John or Jane Q. Ivyleageue. Would you prefer they got the bridge designing contract because they were good at calculus or because their college roommate’s uncle was in charge of awarding the contract?

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Re:Yale will again require standardized test scores for admi... by jjk166 on Thursday February 22, 2024 @03:02PM (#39472307)
The people at Ivy Leagues still do learn calculus. You're not sacrificing anything academically to go to a better school, the perks are on top of a first rate education.
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Re:Yale will again require standardized test scores for admi... by imgabe on Thursday February 22, 2024 @03:11PM (#39472441)
Sure,ok. Look at the state of things run by Ivy League graduates in the US and carefully reconsider that. The financial system. The cost disease in infrastructure projects. Government. Healthcare. Are you sure about that?
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Re:Yale will again require standardized test scores for admi... by jjk166 on Thursday February 22, 2024 @03:21PM (#39472595)
Show me a country where institutions are run by people who went to mediocre institutions that is dramatically outperforming the US. Indeed show me any evidence of elite education attainers underperforming.

I can see the argument that the perks of elite education do not justify the increased cost, but I've never seen anyone argue that elite education is actually of substantially lower quality.

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