Do We On CC Take Ourselves Too Seriously?

[IceQube]

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@Bill73

In terms of the rigor of courses and intensity of studies, I think majoring in English at Harvard would be a lot easier than majoring in Engineering at a good state school.

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<p>Lol. Baseless assertion.</p>

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@alexissss

I want to attend a top school to be around those more intelligent than I.

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<p>Kudos for understanding implied verbs.</p>

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@Teaspoons

How will going to a community college and a private college change the level of your happiness just the same as going to a public or a private highschool? It has just become a societal view on things where all these businessmen and lawyers and wealthy people have gone to these great schools and the public view the admissions to this school as a paved road to glory. We dont consider the charisma that went into getting this job here, or the luck that we sold our stocks before they dropped or the hardships and late hours people went through to get where they are…

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<p>So what is it? Good schools ≠ success and charisma = success? </p>

<p>Wow, so black & white. Why so binary? It’s a combination of both.</p>