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"Universities in the US are hotels that provide a particular flavor of entertainment to their attendees. Particularly in undergrad." Then why bother with havin
by beezle 4y ago
"Universities in the US are hotels that provide a particular flavor of entertainment to their attendees. Particularly in undergrad."
Then why bother with having any academics at all? If all it is to you (and your kids) is a nice hotel, I'm sure you can actually find better accommodations and amenities for far cheaper. And children can 'network' with others also staying at the "good" hotel.
"The actual intellectual/academic parts of the journey- even given the fact that they are all academically strong, 1500 SATs, etc- are relatively minor and incidental."
And that is very much a reason for why such a situation has come to pass today - parents valuing branding far more, if not exclusively, over academics.
- lmm 4y ago> I'm sure you can actually find better accommodations and amenities for far cheaper. And children can 'network' with others also staying at the "good" hotel. I think a lot of the value of being a top, exclusive university comes from being a top, exclusive university. I went to one of the best universities in the world, and I learnt a hell of a lot - but a lot of that came from the students I was surrounded with, to the point that if you took away the university and just had that academically-top student population mingle in a conference center for 3 years, I'm not sure the results would be much different. But how would you get everyone to agree on which conference center?