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Subject: Re: Why Enter The Portal?

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Date Posted: 15:25:38 04/15/24 Mon
In reply to: observer 's message, "Re: Why Enter The Portal?" on 15:02:44 04/15/24 Mon

"The public at large doesn't hold the 8 schools and their avatars in as high regard as it used to (see Gay, Claudine). The perceived value of the Ivy sheepskin is lower than it has been ever before."

Among a certain segment of the population, sure. But that segment was probably never much interested, and cannot name the specific institutions. IMO highly unlikely an ivy applicant would have applied had he/she shared that view. I would argue their antipathy is directed toward the entire "class" of "elite" private schools, if not any college-educated individual.

Applications to ivies have continued to increase dramatically, resulting in ridiculously low admission rates. And I hear all the time, and perhaps you do as well, about people who wish they could go but cannot for financial reasons or becasue they havge been told they have no chance of admisison.

I doubt the application numbers would be so over the top if the degree value were not still perceived as being so high. And if a generalization about perceived low value were true, then we should be seeing significant numbers of transfers of non-athletes out of ivies.

If you have a negative opinion of these schools, why did you choose to attend?

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Author: Go Green [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 15:42:40 04/15/24 Mon Word on some message boards are that Georgetown is offering Mack between $750k to $1 million. Of course, I can't vouch for accuracy... Could it be that the Ivy can't get guys like Mack in the future? Perhaps. But that doesn't mean that the Ivy is destined for Division III. There is plenty of daylight between the two.