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Ivy League degree is not about education, but a social status certificate. That is why 1% are paying for it in the first place. No wonder that most of the Ivy L
by lngnmn 10y ago
Ivy League degree is not about education, but a social status certificate. That is why 1% are paying for it in the first place. No wonder that most of the Ivy Leagues colleges are of liberal arts.
There is MIT for education.
- bjacobel 10y agoYour disdain for the liberal arts is misplaced. I'd think that, on Hacker News of all places, people would value an education that values algorithms and data structures on as equal a footing as economics, sociology, political science, communication... all components of finding a market, building a business and disrupting an industry.
- Kephael 10y agoMIT practices the same undergraduate admissions shenanigans as Ivy League universities. At a certain point, the course material is largely identical. I really doubt 6.006 is going to significantly differ from CS 31 in terms of student outcomes [1]. Liberal arts are great to study at top schools if you'd like to work in investment banking or consulting. [1] http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~cs31/journal.html http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~cs31/journal.html