What Would You Do --Social Fit vs. Academics

[ucbalumnus]

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@mythmom

In fact D of Harvard’s prez was one. Williams’ prez D was at Harvard. Guess they exchanged D’s.

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<p>Perhaps a case of familiarity breeding contempt (even if undeserved)? Looks kind of like the students in NJ who want to go anywhere but Rutgers (but with respect to more selective schools).</p>

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@mythmom

Vanderbilt isn’t as much on radar screens on the West Coast, either. Most people here, even if they have heard of Vanderbilt, probably don’t know what state it is located in (other than the South) or how good of a college it is.

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<p>They probably mostly hear of Vanderbilt as a weak SEC football team that the good SEC football teams play to run up their win-loss records.</p>