<p>@TheBanker. I’m afraid you may be correct. If anyone read the book ‘The Chosen’ by Karabel…Stanford became Harvard’s real main rival back in the early 80s (not Yale, not Princeton)…and hasn’t changed since then as it is today. The chief concern that all the other schools (excluding MIT and Caltech) had was Stanford’s astronomical lead in technology/engineering/computer science fields besides having top liberal arts programs at the time but very few schools did anything about it because their endowments were mainly tied to Wall Street by and large…and they were doing pretty well in the 80s up until the late 90s due to the stock market. But, with the shakeup that has been going on in the IB business, Wall Street debacles, 2008 collapse, loss of corporate law firm jobs in major markets, contrasted with the steady emergence and dominance that is taking shape in the global world of technology that is centered in Silicon Valley which is constantly looking for new computer scientists, engineers, visionaries and entrepreneurs…Stanford can no longer be ignored by any institution…including Chicago…no matter how far behind they may be.</p>
<p>…this is why Harvard, Princeton, Yale, and the rest of the ivys are all trying to shore up their STEM fields especially in computer science and electrical engineering…because that’s where the top jobs are…</p>
<p>…it should also be noted that most of the elite consulting firms (McKinsey, BCG, and Bain), elite IB firms, elite VC firms, elite MBA programs (Stanford, Harvard, Wharton, Chicago) and elite law schools (Stanford, Harvard, Chicago) are recruiting and favoring CS and engineering majors over the “traditional” students more and more…because consulting firms, IB firms, business schools, law schools are not stupid. They know where the future “gravy train” is coming from to bring prestige to their firms and alma maters in terms of investment return and future donations to support their endowments. Moreover, schools and firms that have “connections” to the growing technology economies/companies can then use their resources to help their future colleagues and graduates get jobs…and on and on it goes…</p>
<p>…this is why I started this original thread…I see the writing on the wall…and presently, it isn’t pretty…</p>