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@Johnjnr_esq Why all caps for “struck?”

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@NoLawfare2025 @JamesSurowiecki Name calling doesn’t win many debates, dude!

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@flmon239 @SBleftCA @MarketPalmer_ Thanks. I’m limited by characters. All of these are pretty well known examples of competitions for the kids at these top schools and mean oodles more than SATs. That said, cheating is becoming a real problem for all of them.

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@quiettom2000 @BradleyKellard I agree about the test scores, by the way. And I find it amusing that I seemed to anger someone for saying, “I went to Harvard and Harvard has always has idiots.”

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@quiettom2000 @BradleyKellard Alll fair points. My parents met at Harvard in the 40s. All of their children when there (early 70s to late 80s). All of us know tons of Harvard dummies Now I know low double digit kids at Harvard, some are idiots. A few are brilliant beyond belief. Seems about the same to me

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@quiettom2000 @BradleyKellard Sorry to bust your bubble, but Harvard has ALWAYS had loads of idiots—and perhaps I’m one of them! I’m just asking you to prove that it is a lot worse today than in prior years.

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@quiettom2000 @BradleyKellard How many current Harvard students do you know? How many previous Harvard students do you know? How many current Harvard faculty do you know? How many previous Harvard faculty do you know? You may know more than I, but it is extremely unlikely.

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@quiettom2000 @BradleyKellard Harvard has ALWAYS had lots of idiots. It also has lots of some of the most brilliant people on the planet.

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@goatpurple1 @CoreyWriting Which schools?

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@texasGSDgirl @JohnLeFevre Sarah Palin was a blithering idiot, and your argument is that because she was a woman no one should have pointed this out?

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@Saintsing79 @JamesSurowiecki Barry, I love how you defend Pete. And I’m even more impressed by the photo with that big gun!

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@John_Fanta Well said, and it applies to 99% of life.

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@seanluomdphd @zagrebbi Super smart kids major in classics. IMO getting an 800 in math is pretty easy, these guys get 800s in English.

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@BradFriedman713 You are far too kind. Neither Hilbert nor Von Neumann left academia, both got paid peanuts compared with a mediocre financier, and both of these men are responsible for the world we live in today.

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@2itshorizon @deep29jariwala For 99.9% of kids, MIT would be a disaster. And good state colleges are fantastic for lots of kids, including the very brightest and hardest working—and the infinite corridor is filled with their graduates. But is MIT “worth it?” For some, yes.

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@LocasaleLab You make a lot of statements about MIT. What supporting evidence can you provide?

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@therapy69420 @WestsideLAGuy If you crush it at Stony Brook studying math or Physics you are elite MIT/CalTech level and could either go to a top grad school or make 2x a Harvard MBA your first year out of college.

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@Upstatebigmouth @dchidyllo @financedystop @ThinkAppraiser If you go by the median student, Harvey Mudd, CalTech and MIT have the top students in the country, and it isn’t even close. And even though most folks haven’t heard of Mudd, employers certainly have, which is why they command salaries second only to MIT.