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Absolutely. FiveThirtyEight has an excellent article [1] from 2016 that reiterates what you say here. In short: A lot of the tropes about college elitism are
by SantalBlush 5y ago
Absolutely. FiveThirtyEight has an excellent article [1] from 2016 that reiterates what you say here. In short: A lot of the tropes about college elitism are bogus. (But instead of relying on conventional wisdom to support their argument, they use data, and some might find that too elitist.)
[1] https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/shut-up-about-harvard/ https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/shut-up-about-harvard/
- rejectedandsad 5y agoWhy do the tropes persist? Do the people writing these articles not know anyone with an accounting degree from a state school? It does feel like people like me are forgotten, ignored and dismissed by these cosmopolitan selective school elites.
- imtringued 5y agoThe only time you hear these people speak is when they tell you how much they saved on tuition. So they are pretty rare.
- UncleMeat 5y agoMemes. Ideas get into the water of society and get spread without re-examination.