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The mentioned schools are grouped into the 'Ivy plus' label and ranked as even more selective than the 'elite' group.

• URSpider94 10y ago
  Right, they're so elite that the mainstream hasn't really heard of them. But, if you were to wander onto the executive floor at Goldman Sachs or a top law firm, I guarantee you'd see their banners hanging in the offices. These schools aren't elite because they attract the smartest students, they are elite because they attract the richest ones, who then have a leg up with their wealthy and well-placed alumni network.
  • lloyd-christmas 10y ago
    For some corroboration, I grew up as a 1%-er and I went to one of those schools with a student body of ~2k. I studied in London for a semester. My first week off the plane, there was a meet and greet with alums that were living there at the time. Before finishing my first drink I had an internship lined up at Credit Suisse for the summer. The school I went to was almost 25% Econ majors. Out of a class of ~500, we had 18 Math majors. We didn't even have a CS major available. The value wasn't in Linear Algebra, it was in people. I'm one of two people I know from school that work in STEM. All of my college buddies work in finance or politics. I still attend the meet and greets in NYC, and I end up as the center of attention because I DON'T work in finance (anymore). Funny enough, my brother also went to one of those schools. He's at GS.
• tricolon 10y ago
  The mentioned schools are not "Ivy plus". > 12 “Ivy plus” universities (the Ivy League colleges, Duke, M.I.T., Stanford and the University of Chicago)