<p>haha wow...is this person for real?</p>
<p>Yes it's hard to believe but he is....</p>
<p>I double-dog-dare you to write "prestigeous" (with that exact spelling) on any ivy league application essay. </p>
<p>That's like auto-rejection for anything close to the top 50, methinks. </p>
<p>Anyway, to what it's worth to the OP, I live outside Philadelphia and it's the happiest place on earth.</p>
<p>Bourne, Caillbotte, and EluggJ, I don't understand why you guys take every oppertunity to counter my point that prestige matters because:</p>
<p>Caillbotte- you are going to Cornell as a transfer</p>
<p>EluggJ- you are already at Cornell</p>
<p>Bourne- you are going to Stanford as a transfer</p>
<p>Therefore it makes no sense when you guys say that "prestige doesn't matter" but are going to the most reputed universities in the country.
I can understand this no prestige argument if you guys went to a college not in the top 20, but that isn't the case.</p>
<p>Thus here are the alternatives:</p>
<p>a) give me advice and help me out</p>
<p>or</p>
<p>b) stop making fun of me when you guys are examples of my point.</p>
<p>im actually not at cornell...im in the process of withdrawing right now...but anywayyyy</p>
<p>the point of my post before wasnt to criticize cornell (though it may have seemed that way)...my point is really to say that a) all schools have dumb, unmotivated, unimpressive people and b) how impressive can any school really be once you're there? classes are classes, theres only so much you can do with them. ivies dont work magic....a lot of ivy league classes are the same classes you could get elsewhere.</p>
<p>finally, to answer your question....i cant speak for anyone else, but im attending good schools simply because i can. But im by no means under the impression that going to good schools guarantees anything in life or will make me a person thats happier and "matters" more than others. Because it really doesnt.</p>
<p>I'm going to the best school I got into because it's just that... The best school? I applied to schools where I wanted to do certain things. My list had a purpose. Prestige was obviously a factor, but it was nowhere near the life or death matter that you've made it and that -- that is why I criticize you. I think your quest for self worth is ridiculous. </p>
<p>The fact that you insinuated having suicidal impulses over this process shows all of us -- well a majority of us that you need to find another outlet. Your brilliance will go to waste if you let it waste away on more trivial matters like these. Go where you can go and research. The talent you obviously have in your more sane moments will most likely shine anywhere with the right dedication. Wow. Just wow.</p>
<p>I don't need to justify why I'm going where I'm going, supindy. I think you should re-read your previous posts, which should give you an idea of why you elicit such responses. You've been given a lot of good advice on your other thread, yet unfortunately, you are disregarding it.</p>
<p>Bourne: Thanks again Mr. Stanford. Again, let me say that I don't care if you applied to Stanford for other reasons than prestige. The fact is that you are going to Stanford, and it is a highly reputed school. Therefore whatever your primary reason is for attending (best facilities, programs, professors, whatever) is contigent upon the fact that Stanford has something that appeals to you as the "best" or synonmously the most "reputed". Hence why you never turn down the acceptance when you easily could have.</p>
<p>So don't try to advise me on prestige doesn't matter Mr. Stanford because it does to you even if it is not a primary motif, it is still significant to you.</p>
<p>Now you claim that I have this live or die attitude about Ivy admissions. Let me tell you right now that my top schools are Cornell, JHU, Berkeley, and Duke. As you can see, only one of them is an ivy so that argument is void. (Mr. Stanford)...</p>
<p>Hehe, you're good. I like it.</p>
<p>I'll leave you alone. You can do whatever you wish. Just stop expecting us to care when you post about killing yourself over something not nearly that serious.</p>
<p>Okay Mr. Cornell, let me tell you why you need to justify yourself again...</p>
<p>My premise is that the prestige of a school matters, you try to refute. Fine. I'm not saying you shouldn't.</p>
<p>The problem is Mr. Cornell, that you are going to Cornell. A school of high prestige. Thus when you try to counter my point that prestige doesn't matter, you are at a flaw because you are going to a very reputed college.</p>
<p>That is why you have no right to make a counter-argument unless you reject Cornell and go to less reputed college.</p>
<p>When you say that prestige doesn't matter and you go to a prestigious college, you are at a double-standard which simply fails.</p>
<p>And bourne: I'm going to find out about my decisions two years from now. So I don't expect to post anything like that untill two years from now so that is a non-issue.</p>
<p>Please..
Stop bashing each other for trivial stuff.
What I think is this,
if you are gold you will shine anywhere, where ever you go.
Surely, prestige might be a great factor,
but I dont think prestige is everything.
If ivy and other elite schools >>>>>>> rest,
all the others should have failed and only ivy people should remain top,
but thats not the case.</p>
<p>School doesnt matter,
How you perform @ certain school matters.
So, honestly, going to a school that is better fit for you is better than choosing school solely on the name value.</p>
<p>Good luck.</p>
<p>
Eluggj is absolutley wrong OP. Upenn is an Ivy league and is one of the best schools is in the world and has a VERY VERY high ranking. Don't even consider other schools to an Ivy (except Stanford and MIT). Besides Upenn has the best buisness program, you will make a lot more money, have a better reputation, and ultimatley matter more if you go to an Ivy.
cool post... you are really right... I think we should bow down and worship ivy grads</p>
<p>and Georgetown is as prestigious as many of the ivies (even though it isn't an ivy)</p>
<p>supindy, I will tell you right now that you have no idea what you are talking about. You don't go to schools because of their rank or prestige, but because of their strength in your program and because of how you feel you will be able to do in the environment at that college. My friend rejected Brown for Boston College because she knew she would do better in the BC environment, and guess what? She's doing great at BC, and she's happy. She is with people like herself in an area she enjoys living in. Brown would have been radically different, and she likely would not have liked it.</p>
<p>You need to cut your "Ivy, obv." approach and really think about what you want and what wil REALLY be best for you.</p>
<p>Let me tell you my finalized list: Cornell, JHU, Berkeley, Duke.</p>
<p>As you can see only one of them is an ivy-league school so that argument is void. Of course my dream school is Stanford, and I don't expect to get in.</p>
<p>If you still doubt me, then i'll let you know that i'm Indian (from India not Native American). Thus it is genetic for me to want to go to a prestigious college.</p>
<p>"i'll let you know that i'm Indian (from India not Native American). Thus it is genetic for me to want to go to a prestigious college." </p>
<p>lol.....it's genetic?.....haha that is the dumbest thing i've heard in a long time. In what research did u say u were published in again?</p>
<p>Lol Genetic</p>
<p>NOT LITERALLY GENETIC...thats ****ing impossible. It was a simile that I used to emphasize the points that:</p>
<p>a) Indian parents want (when I say this I mean either you do it or they punish you...) their children to go to the most prestigious colleges. Otherwise their child fails at life (this isn't my mentality, but my parents mentality and the mentality of the numerous Indian parents i've met).</p>
<p>b) Our friends circle, and relatives will give us little to no respect if we don't graduate from a brand name college. You guys think im kidding but im serious...ive seen my friends and relatives get **** treatment because they didn't go to a prestigious college.</p>
<p>That being said, it is in my best interest (both personally and socially) for me and every other brown kid to go to reputed college. Therefore that is what we always strive for even if it is not literally genetic. Mentally that is what brown kids want.</p>
<p>Okay... both Gtown-SFS and Penn are prestigious... So which one should I attend? Is it like the Harvard vs. Yale question?</p>
<p>I know tons of indian kids at Bard who are extremely happy to be there. This included those who are American and those who are internationial.</p>
<p>Stop using generalizations and stereotypes to try to make you obsession seem legit. You are only applying to top, elite schools, and only because of their status as such. Give me your reasons for applying to the schools you did.</p>
<p>Hoos, I'd go with Penn. It's a year less and free, and the difference in the two educations will be minimal.</p>