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valleyrogue

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8. "Selective" doesn't translate into better.

Reply to BlueWaveNeverEnd (Original post)

Sat Aug 31, 2024, 12:43 AM

Aug 2024

"Selective" means exactly what it says. These "elite" schools limit who can attend by having a limited number of spots in order to create an artificial demand. Ditto for medical schools, ditto for law schools.

It is all a bunch of bunk. Once people get into a "selective" school, they find they don't really differ all that much from "less selective" schools.

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the hardest school to get into in America is now.... [View all] BlueWaveNeverEnd Aug 2024 OP

And where did V.P. Harris get her law degree from? Botany Aug 2024 #1

Hastings is actually a crappy law school. I've often wondered why she went there. PeaceWave Aug 2024 #6

Not surprised. CoopersDad Aug 2024 #2

In part this is because the population has boomed & public university campuses can't keep up Hekate Aug 2024 #3

and American institutions get massive numbers of applications - domestic and international. ucla get almost 175K!!! BlueWaveNeverEnd Aug 2024 #5

in the past, applying meant filling out a hard copy application, mailing it, paying a fee by check.. NOW it's online BlueWaveNeverEnd Aug 2024 #4

I remember applying, pre computer, pre-Internet. CoopersDad Aug 2024 #7

"Selective" doesn't translate into better. valleyrogue Aug 2024 #8