Originally Posted by Anonymous
Originally Posted by Anonymous
Originally Posted by Anonymous
Originally Posted by Anonymous
Originally Posted by Anonymous
SUNY D3's Plattsburgh, Farmingdale, Oneonta, Cortland Buffalo, New Paltz Oswego Geneseo

Where LI kids go to play after spending $50k on travel lacrosse


All very good schools. From my experience, you get out of your education what you put into it. One of my closest friends is a Plattsburgh grad and lax alumni and very successful Wall Street vet. He got a great education, loved playing lacrosse there and parents didn't mortgage the house to pay for it. Some friends from much more prestigious university's are far less successful. Work ethic can take you very far on the field and in your career.


Anecdotal evidence is nice. The odds are not in favor of your argument tho. I will bet on the outcome of 50 Harvard lax grads over the outcome of 50 Plattsburgh lax grads. And i will also bet that on average the 50 harvard lax grads have better work ethics than the 50 Plattsburgh grads.


Better work ethic because theygo to Harvard?? Because are smarter or have more money they work harder? That one is a leap


No.

It's because a significant amount of both native smarts and conscientiousness (very similar to "work ethic") are required in order for a student to gain admittance to Harvard, even for a recruited athlete with lower academic standards.


Ivies, like most research universities do not really give too much of a darn about undergrads. Large classes, largely taught by graduate students, with minimal office hours/facetime with the professor. Now, graduate school is a different story, but undergrad...meh...hard NOT to get an A average at Harvard.

Excerpt from Business Journal's hardest schools to fail out of:

Though it consistently sits atop US News and World Report's College Ranking List, Harvard College, the undergraduate school at Harvard University, is as known for its rampant grade inflation as it is for its prestige.

A record 91% of Harvard undergraduate students graduated summa, magna, or [lacrosse] laude. And USA Today reported that eight out of every 10 Harvard students graduate with honors, with nearly half receiving A's in their courses.