<p>The last thread that got to this topic was closed. Come on, do we have to start ANOTHER fight over this?</p>
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hey, a lot of the rigor at MIT is self-inflicted.
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<p>True. :) And I do like the use of the word "inflicted" -- much more vivid and closer to what it really feels like!</p>
<p>the problem is that this ranking is all U penn students have to feel good about themselves..shut it down and they realize they are at good school- but not a top 10</p>
<p>I go to penn and I could care less about what a ranking says, it's no the only thing that makes me feel good about going to be...</p>
<p>I just think it's comforting to know that the average grad makes 450k 15 years out...I won't mind if my school is 4,20,or 50th. I could care less.</p>
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what do you mean when you said that the USNews is just for fun
you mean they shouldnot be followed?
if not then which rankings should some1 follow...
since im an intl student i havent visited any universities and cantjugge them. have to follow some ranking..which one??</p>
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I think the answer was at least as insightful as the question itself.</p>
<p>Does it make you curious why MIT is notorious for its rigor? Why?
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and MIT picks students who want that rigor ... and the experience is different than a lot of other top tier schools. MIT students do bust their butts and for the most part they want to. For example, a kid who loves physics and spends a ton of time on their physics work not only because it is a required assignment because they love the intellectual challenge, and love being with other students as smart and passionate about physics, and love being taught by profs who are as smart and passionate. Yes, kids at MIT spend a lot of time on school, more time than kids at most schools, but it's time spent on one of their passions. BTW - most MIT kids also play pretty hard also (I might consider a lot of their play weird but they have a lot of fun also). MIT is a fairly unique place that is a GREAT fit for some students.</p>
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<p>Does that statistic reflect students that came out of undergrad or grad schools at Penn? Money is not my number one motivation to go to school, but I always thought that grad school would be a better determiner of the average salary, etc.</p>
<p>There is no way the average College at Penn student makes that much. Let us put Wharton aside for the moment.</p>
<p>that number is the average salary for wharton undergrads...interestingly the wharton undergrads who decided to go and get an MBA are making LESS than those who just completed wharton's B.S.E.</p>