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<p>We’re waiting for Princeton to realize that Harvard and Yale don’t care about it and it’s just the 3rd wheel that makes everything awkward for them ;)</p>
<p>PrincetoN is SuCH A THiRD WHeLe HAHA!</p>
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<p>So, am I still wrong? :)</p>
<p>Yes, you are still wrong. None of my friends in the college or engineering are jealous of kids in Wharton, and most still have no significant interest in it. If Wharton was really at the top of the hierarchy, you think they would have noticed it in a year. These people are very happy and and engaged primarily in their own respective fields of study. Wharton kids are not seen as any smarter than the average Penn students, the engineers on the other hand are highly respected for their intellect and workload (and definitely the kids in Vagelos molecular life sciences). Believe it or not, many people actually go to college to get an education and to explore their own personal interests.
I think it’s pretty ridiculous that people constantly nitpick differences in the Ivy league for job/graduate school placement. They all provide ample opportunities. If you are a conscientious student and learn for the right reasons, the next steps should fall into place. Not everyone needs to strive to work in the most prestigious investment banking firm. I don’t care how high of a salary I could earn, to me it sounds miserable.</p>
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<p>Well, they do it because those differences exist. A 3.7 at Princeton, will, all things being equal, have far more opportunities handed to him/her than the 3.7 at Cornell. That’s just how it is.</p>
<p>Well that’s exactly the problem with your mentality. You expect things to be handed to you after doing minimal work. You want to go to Princeton because you think it will be that much less work to get a “good job”. If that’s your sole way of thinking about things, you will not have a good experience at college. I’m sure people at Princeton and Stanford get quite sick of these personalities given their great intellectual environments. College is about broadening your mind. Thinking about a career is good in the way that your career will be a way to apply your interests in the future.</p>
<p>I also think the differences you are describing are incredibly exaggerated. I have a hard time believing someone wouldn’t have many opportunities graduating out of Cornell if they excelled and contributed to the school. I mean it’s Cornell and top 20 or so schools we’re talking about, not average places. I have heard nothing but good things about jobs and graduate schools from Penn students. Just based on people I have randomly met, one went on to UChicago law, another chose between NYU and Columbia Law, people have chosen between schools like Harvard, Stanford, and MIT for phDs.
One of my relatives didn’t go to an ivy league college (went to another good school) but graduated from HBS and worked for a former top five investment. Quit though because he hated it.</p>
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<p>Far more? Keep talking high schooler. I’m also glad you are bumping threads that are over half a year old just to try to prove a point about something which you know nothing about. People might talk **** online or joke around but there is no huge rift between Wharton and the rest of Penn, and it’s absolutely ludicrous for you to repeat that Wharton “dominates” the social scene. </p>
<p>I didn’t apply to Wharton because I have no interest whatsoever in business. There is no jealousy or grudge, and I appreciate what they do because they’re the best at it. No computer access in Huntsman is mildly annoying but who doesn’t have a laptop nowadays anyway?</p>