It's HYPSMC forever

College Search & Selection
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<p>Stop adding new letters. College excellence is a zero sum game, and not every college can be great. In order to have the really good ones, some of them have to be "mediocre" within context of all others. For example, I have no doubt that state schools offer better educations today than Harvard did 200 years ago. However, in relational terms some schools have to be "bad" in order for others to be "good." Therefore, not every college can reach HYPSMC status no matter how fast they improve. The acronym can never be HYPSMCCCPSODIUDJISHFUHADFI. </p>

<p>So let's end it at HYPSMC and leave it at that.</p>

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<p>Chill out, I'm sure people really don't care if you "approve" of their acronym or not.</p>

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<p>NAY.</p>

<p>HYPSMC is too long, I think it should be just HYPS.</p>

<p>...HOW DOES THAT MAKE YOU FEEL? HUH PUNK? HUH? HUH?</p>

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<p>Seriously, if you knew what you were talking about, you'd know that MIT AND CALTECH are both different types of schools with different atmosphere than HYPS...so you couldn't compare them either</p>

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<p>Incorrect, it's CHYMPS.</p>

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<p>To me, it's all HYPE.</p>

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<p>Am I the only one annoyed at this constant elitist <em>male anatomy</em> measuring contest? The whole "how many colleges can we put into a string of letters" is by far one of the stupidest arguments I've seen in my life and I can't believe people actually dedicate posts to constantly argue it.</p>

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<p>You guys, except for rc251, are all incredible dumb and name whores...it should be ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ</p>

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<p>wow, this is a retarded thread.. who the heck cares if people have acronyms for schools they like? get a life</p>

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<p>I'd like to propose a change to the boards...</p>

<p>I know this board has an auto-censor ability where it will censor certain words. Can HYPSMCBASDFKLSD be added to the censor ban list so we can all stop seeing this senseless discussion? I don't see any down side...</p>

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<p>Gutrade:</p>

<p>Please save this thread and read it after you have been out of college ten years. You'll realize that departments in major universities have become increasingly specialized. Not every college can have a good department in everything and small schools you never heard of and would be offended talking about in the same sentence with Harvard, Yale, etc. offer great undergraduate educations and have excellent departments. It is not a zero sum game, at least not anymore.</p>

<p>Jon</p>

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<p>MC? [huh] mate? It is H Y P S!!</p>

<p>As far as it being hype, sure it is hype, but you can take that HYPE all the way to the bank in the form of grad school feeding and high starting salaries. You can't make 100k+ off the bat with just any undergrad business degree</p>

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<p>If you're fairly intelligent, you can. </p>

<p>And "M"'s undergrad business is better than "H"'s which doesn't even have one.</p>

<p>Acronym, quite stupid. </p>

<p>The PR "hardest schools to get into" is better.</p>

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<p>Yale in on the decline, Harvard is overrated, Princeton is awesome, but Stanford has the Whether</p>

<p>PS. That is my ranking</p>

<p>Get it?</p>

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<p>The "whether"?</p>

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<p>lol... i guess college did wait...</p>

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<p>most common one i have heard of is HYPMS..... :cool:</p>

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<p>Most common one is HYPS or HYPSM. It's even on wikipedia.</p>

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<p>I think this calls for my alphabet. :)</p>

<p>Amherst
Brown
Columbia
Dartmouth
Emory
Fordham
Georgetown
Harvard
Illinois
Johns Hopkins
Kenyon
Lehigh
MIT
Northwestern
Oberlin
Princeton
Queens (Can)
Rice
Stanford
Tufts
University of Pennsylvania
Vassar
Williams
Xavier
Yale
Zane State</p>

<p>I had way too much time on my hands during exams. :p</p>