Most famous and successful hollywood directors go to film schools, such as USC, Columbia, NYU and Stanford, some of the most brilliant minds go to MIT, etc. In a known instance, a student from a "D" school was expelled and sent to a school that is listed as a "C" school here. Some schools focus on the arts and others on the academics and so on. You now might steer away parents from these "D" schools that could have been perfect for them and brought them a special, individual journey. Not only this, but schools with less money probably spend their money more carefully- and sorry if "D" schools don't have squash courts one every floor. Not only that, but I know of a "D" school that, time after time, parents choose it over your A-listers. Education is so much more than HARVARD...
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I attended Brearley for 9 years before switching to Columbia Prep (and eventually to UChicago), and from personal experience, I... [MORE]
Former Brearley Student
Aug 29, 2008 17:33
This is ridiculous. Getting kids into harvard and ivies should have nothing to do with the rankings. Class sizes, dedicated... [MORE]
philip
May 3, 2008 16:50
You should be more concerned about the racism alive and well at these so-called "pedigree" schools. I'm sure most of... [MORE]