Will any school ever join HYPSM?

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<p>Actually slipper1234, there are several schools with a higher per student endowment than the “M” in HYPSM. [University</a> Endowment per Student](<a href=“Pixeum:The Digital Gallery”>Pixeum:The Digital Gallery)</p>

<p>Should we make it HYPSGPSRAWM?</p>

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<p>Oh really? Bryn Mawr offers PhD’s - indeed, one of its major claims to fame is that it was the first women’s college to offer PhD’s - yet is nevertheless classified as a LAC.</p>

<p>[Bryn</a> Mawr College: Graduate School of Arts and Sciences](<a href=“http://www.brynmawr.edu/gsas/]Bryn”>Graduate School of Arts and Sciences)</p>

<p>[Bryn</a> Mawr College: Graduate School of Social Work and Social Research](<a href=“http://www.brynmawr.edu/socialwork/Degree_Programs/phd/admission_requirements.html]Bryn”>http://www.brynmawr.edu/socialwork/Degree_Programs/phd/admission_requirements.html)</p>

<p>[Ph.D</a>. Candidates](<a href=“http://www.brynmawr.edu/conferences/commencement/phd_cand.htm]Ph.D”>http://www.brynmawr.edu/conferences/commencement/phd_cand.htm)</p>

<p>Wesleyan University also offers numerous graduate programs, including PhD’s, hence the term Wesleyan University. Yet Wesleyan is nevertheless classified as a LAC.</p>

<p>[Graduate</a> Student Services - Wesleyan University](<a href=“http://www.wesleyan.edu/grad/]Graduate”>Graduate Studies - Wesleyan University)</p>

<p>Even Williams College, arguably the archetype LAC, offers some graduate programs.</p>

<p>[CDE</a> Home « WILLIAMS COLLEGE](<a href=“http://cde.williams.edu/]CDE”>http://cde.williams.edu/)
[url=<a href=“http://www.williams.edu/gradart/]GAH[/url”>http://www.williams.edu/gradart/]GAH[/url</a>]</p>

<p>Frankly speaking, it’s not at all clear to me what exactly is the difference between a LAC and a research university as defined by USNews. Whatever the difference may be, it surely isn’t a simple matter of having postgrad degree offerings or not.</p>

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<p>It’s that Carnegie Foundation Conspiracy!</p>

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<p>Is that so? </p>

<p>In 2006, Bryn Athyn College (no, not Bryn Mawr College, but Bryn Athyn College) reportedly had an endowment per student that was larger than Harvard’s or Yale’s and was nearly twice that of Stanford’s. Naturally, having only 180 students helps to boost this figure tremendously. </p>

<p>Olin College also has an endowment per student that is significantly larger than Stanford’s. Again, having only 360 total students is a significant explanatory factor, compared to Stanford’s 15k+ (undergrad & grad). </p>

<p><a href=“http://www.nacubo.org/documents/research/2006NES_Listing.pdf[/url]”>Page not Found;

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<p>^^ As of 2006, Rice had a larger endowment per student than Harvard. Grinnell was behind Harvard but still ahead of Stanford. ([List</a> of colleges and universities in the United States by endowment - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_colleges_and_universities_in_the_United_States_by_endowment]List”>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_colleges_and_universities_in_the_United_States_by_endowment))</p>

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<p>But not anymore. Harvard’s endowment as of 2010 is ~$26 billion, or well over $1 million per student due to its 21k student population. Rice’s endowment as of 2010 is about $4 billion, spread over 5500 students, or clearly less than $1 million per student. </p>

<p>Frankly, I think that Wikipedia article has its figures wrong, as it seems as if Rice never had an endowment of over $1 million per student. Rice may have had an endowment of over $1 million per undergrad, but that’s not how the other schools calculated their endowment figures. Otherwise, Harvard could boast of a whopping endowment of $3.7 million per undergrad.</p>

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<p>This is probably correct, unless Rice experienced an expansion of about 100% in the last four years. Though I think Rice has gotten larger, this seems too extreme.</p>

<p>Also, on the acronym talk: PSYCHO = Princeton, Stanford, Yale, Cambridge, Harvard, Oxford.</p>

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<p>Its too weird to leave it alone with HYPSM. Elitist to the super extreme, geez.
How about include these? Brown, Caltech, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Duke, UChicago, and UPenn.</p>

<p>Someone make a cool abbreviation with those schools and HYPSM.</p>

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<p>^Hmm…combine all Ivies…and create DUCI (pronounced ducky)</p>

<p>D for Duke, U for UChicago, C for Caltech, and I for Ivy :)</p>

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CUID</p>

<p>ICUD (I like this)</p>

<p>IDUC (I LOVE this. like iPhone, iDuc (pronounced I-Duck)</p>

<p>Yep, I’m going with iDuc or IDUC</p>

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<p>^you forgot MIT and Stanford</p>

<p>So how about MI DUCS? (My ducks)</p>

<p>And what about CalTech?</p>

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<p>In regards to Rice’s per student endowment; as of 2007, the endowment was ~$4.6 billion spread over (at the time) just under 5000 full-time students, yielding just a tad under $1 million per student. However, due to the bad economy and other factors, the endowment has dropped to something like $3.6 billion, and the student body has grown to its current size of roughly 5600, yielding something like $650k per student. :(</p>

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<p>“then S & M joined the party”</p>

<p>Maybe a selling point for some colleges?</p>

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<p>Is HYPSM even used in any context outside the College Confidential boards? Nope. Didn’t think so. It, like upper Ivy and lower Ivy, are pretentious CC affectations.</p>

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<p>MI DUCS
Love it. I’m going to use that from now on.</p>

<p>UC = UChicago, but the C also stands for Caltech :)</p>

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<p>MIT is one of the worst private schools in america.</p>

<p>Even Stanford is better then MIT.</p>

<p>:)</p>

<p>Ok, Im joking.</p>

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<p>If were going for the best acronym, it’s clearly PSYCHO.</p>

<p>Princeton, Stanford, Yale, Cambridge, Harvard, Oxford</p>