(09-13-2016 08:05 AM)Seahawkhoops Wrote:  

(09-13-2016 08:01 AM)jumpinmullet Wrote:  

(09-12-2016 09:05 PM)Seahawk Nation 08 Wrote:  

(09-12-2016 08:44 PM)jumpinmullet Wrote:  

(09-09-2016 03:43 PM)Seahawk Nation 08 Wrote:  Not true, Mullet. It's better to be a top student at, say, Maryland, than it is to be middle of the pack or low end student at an Ivy League. Students in the latter instance tend to lose confidence and not do what they love after graduation. Thus, that kid would miss out both academically AND athletically.

If you can EXCEL at an Ivy, do it. But it's not always a slam dunk. If academics are important to you, you always want to be a "big fish" at whatever school you go to rather than being a kid who struggled at a top school.

Hate to burst your bubble but that is total BS. A degree from Harvard will trump a Maryland playing card every single time. Just do a little homework on it.

Read some Malcolm Gladwell and get back to me. I'm basing this on actual evidence.

Read whatever you but the money tells me that Harvard beats Maryland all day long. Get a Harvard degree and your ticket is punched. Go to Maryland and get a job working for the state.

Two Maryland grads work with me at a fortune 500 company in very good positions. So, once again your theory isn't accurate.

I understand that some of these kids will do well but the deal is different at Harvard as a whole and even you should be smart enough to get that.