Prestige Panic

Colleges and Universities A-Z Yale University
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<p>I'm sure this was posted elsewhere but in case you (parents) missed it:</p>

<p><a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14325089/site/newsweek/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14325089/site/newsweek/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>In the college-admissions wars, we parents are the true gladiators. We're pushing our kids to get good grades, take SAT prep courses and build r</p>

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<p>"A well-known study by Princeton economist Alan Krueger and Stacy Berg Dale of Mathematica Policy Research examined students who got into highly selective schools and then went elsewhere. They earned just as much as graduates from higher-status schools."</p>

<p>Yep. It doesn't depend on the college, just the person. Tons of applicants from "lesser known" schools are getting into the top professional schools.</p>

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<p>Not really; the HYPs totally dominate when it comes to the very top professional schools.</p>

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<p><a href="http://www.ivygateblog.com/blog/2006/08/the_ivygate_index_calibrating_hegemony_since_2006_1.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.ivygateblog.com/blog/2006/08/the_ivygate_index_calibrating_hegemony_since_2006_1.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p><a href="http://www.legaled.com/feeder.htm%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.legaled.com/feeder.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>Great article. And Macalester is a fabulous school, by the way.</p>

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<p>posterX, this is an question irrelevant to this topic, but im curious. what was your alma mater hs?</p>