Is Brown REALLY easier to get into than the other iviez?

[applejack]

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Of course it depends entirely on the student and a student going any of these places can do well. A student going somewhere a whole lot worse can do even better.</p>

<p>But the schools you’ve chosen to list are actually so different that their overall offerings are quite different than one another and while they may be equally great in some ways and serve particular interests well in someways, overall and in fundamentals they are not equals even amongst themselves. I say this having friends at all of the places mentioned and I doubt any of them would disagree.</p>

<p>It’s not a value judgment-- a student studying journalism will probably be happier and receive more directed learning at Northwestern, but that does not mean it offers the same overall intellectual preparation of UChicago, for instance. That’s not necessarily the judgment I’m making, just an example of the kind of “inequality” I’m talking about.</p>

<p>I’m a huge proponent and always have been on these boards of ignore ranking, ignore prestige, ignore everything but the individual school and whether it offers what you feel you need to succeed in whatever your goal is. The rest is all ********.

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<p>Well, if a student at Northwestern or Duke or Cornell or whatever school you want to focus on is able to receive the best education he or she can in their field of study in a culture best suited for his or her personal growth, I struggle to understand how they are not offered the same level of intellectual preparation as someone who goes to Chicago or Harvard or wherever for the best education in another field of study. </p>

<p>Actually, I know people on Wall Street who are very hesitant to hire from Harvard or Princeton because the graduates tend to feel entitled and be somewhat lazy. They go for that second tier of school that we’re talking about specifically because the students receive a top quality education but still have something to prove. Within that field - Brown included - I struggle to see any fundamental difference between the quality of schools, even though I agree that they are all very different in their approach to education.</p>

<p>Anyway, this is a tired discussion that always comes up on this board.</p>

[GabbaGabbaHey]

<p>““I like your invocation of Socrates… The wisest one is she who knows she is not wise. I’ll drink to that.”” Posted 11-16-2008</p>

<p>Socrates. Drink. LOL. Nice. Was that poison IVY he drank?</p>

[muerteapablo]

<p>Gabba, sometimes I feel like that’s the case.</p>