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If Chicago is so self-selecting, why is its yield shit?
| boyish native | 07/06/08 |
| Bespoke Lodge Voyeur | 07/06/08 |
| deranged vigorous scourge upon the earth spot | 07/06/08 |
| maize disgusting doctorate faggot firefighter | 07/06/08 |
| curious boistinker | 07/08/08 |
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Date: July 6th, 2008 7:05 PM Author: boyish native U Chicago's yield is only 36%, which is below like 30 other top colleges and liberal arts colleges. It's excuse for its high acceptance rate is that people that apply there are serious about going to the school despite its poor weather, social life, location, etc. because they are very serious about getting a tough, best-of-the-best undergraduate education. But, those people that were so self-selecting get in and choose other schools. Explain Chicago trolls.
Also, Caltech is a shithole. Unless you want to teach Chemical Engineering at Podunk State you would have better opportunities coming from someplace like Columbia, Brown, Penn, Duke, Dartmouth, etc. particularly in finance. Caltech's yield is shit also. The only reason why it's numbers are high is because the ENTIRE student body is like 500-1000 students. The freshmen class is like what 200 people. Imagine if Cornell's freshmen class was that size; the average SAT score would be like 1580+. Deep Springs has a high SAT average too, because like 100 people go there.
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Date: July 6th, 2008 8:21 PM Author: Bespoke Lodge Voyeur What is wrong with you (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=832424&forum_id=1#9949923) |
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Date: July 6th, 2008 9:04 PM Author: deranged vigorous scourge upon the earth spot sure, they self-select to attend. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=832424&forum_id=1#9949998) |
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Date: July 6th, 2008 9:37 PM Author: maize disgusting doctorate faggot firefighter No one claims Chicago gets self-selection in those that apply straight out. Indeed, there are plenty of kids who mass-app it along with the Ivies. The sorting out process really occurs once students take notice of the curricular requirements and other idiosyncrasies of the school in detail, which tends not to happen until they are admitted. But given last year's *entering* class had like the 8th? highest SAT median in the country (someone here surely knows how this is figured out, I think its through reporting to accreditation bodies), I don't really think they are really too concerned about how the students get there.
Regarding Caltech, the general failure of even elite graduates to recognize the merits of its institutional mission is reflective of America's inevitable decline / mindless corporate whoredom. Seriously, if you think Excel modeling will hack it in 20 years for a job on the street you have another thing coming. My guess is top tier students who want these jobs will eventually get all hot and horny for quant finance, operations research, statistics, etc., which will lead to schools like Caltech rising immensely in stature vis-a-vis watered down liberal arts options. And as for its class size, you cannot blame it for imposing quality control.
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Date: July 8th, 2008 8:27 AM Author: curious boistinker (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=832424&forum_id=1#9953847) |