tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8537995.post1775836996521335840..comments2023-10-29T10:54:58.681-04:00Comments on Vox Baby: Who Cares If Harvard Doesn't Love You?Andrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13514024573333057559noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8537995.post-19225087569356843272007-10-20T18:13:00.000-04:002007-10-20T18:13:00.000-04:00That's exactly what they do. Decades ago I sugges...That's exactly what they do. Decades ago I suggested the Ivy League schools sell "certificates of admission", which would enable a holder to claim "alumni" status. How much to charge, auction them off. I bet Harvard could get $100,000 each. If say, Harvard claims 80% of its applicants could do Harvard work, offer each such rejected applicant the opportunity to buy s certificate. Why not?Independent Accountanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07800220849565219709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8537995.post-21610014459864020822007-05-04T02:42:00.000-04:002007-05-04T02:42:00.000-04:00The moral of the story is to apply to a huge numbe...The moral of the story is to apply to a huge number of colleges. The more you apply to, the more likely you are to get lucky and get into a more prestigious college that will make your resume look good for the rest of your life. The CommonApp.org website makes it easy to apply to a maximum of 20, so why not apply to 20?<BR/><BR/>This logic explains the huge increase in applications this year, andSteve Sailerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11920109042402850214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8537995.post-60626284920781132202007-05-02T12:39:00.000-04:002007-05-02T12:39:00.000-04:00I don't know about the studies tom mentioned above...I don't know about the studies tom mentioned above, but I do know that I have seen studies show that your graduate school matters a lot more than your undergraduate school. And, although I have no empirical evidence for this, I seem to notice that top grad schools care less about where you went for undergrad, so long as it not a garbage school (although I would assume there is a bias toward largeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8537995.post-74887653947752545752007-05-01T12:01:00.000-04:002007-05-01T12:01:00.000-04:00I thought the studies showed that those who were a...I thought the studies showed that those who were accepted to Ivies, but declined were as (financially) successful as Ivy League attendees only after factoring in the investment returns on the money saved by going to a cheaper school. I.e. not attending the Ivy school reduced earned income, but the lower tuition made up for it. So in lifetime wealth sense, they were as successful. In the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8537995.post-1198502958491946602007-05-01T10:48:00.000-04:002007-05-01T10:48:00.000-04:00There is a published study by a professor at India...There is a published study by a professor at Indiana (I think) that showed people who are accepted at Ivies but DON'T go are just as successful as those who do.<BR/><BR/>Unsurprisingly, this leads to the observation that what the Ivies are best at is accepting people with the highest probability of success. (No jealousy here...I went to MIT & Dart, my son is at Dart now). <BR/><BR/>I don't knowTomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07472891144832591202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8537995.post-70167637850057997752007-04-30T20:34:00.000-04:002007-04-30T20:34:00.000-04:00Didn't Alan Krueger publish a paper where he found...Didn't Alan Krueger publish a paper where he found that, controlling somehow for student ability, going to Penn or Penn State (say) made no difference in the long run?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com