To each his own but I agree. This comment is nuts and/or badly informed. 20 years after graduation no one will care what number you graduated if you come out of a top tier, recognized school. If you go to Harvard, Yale or Northwestern, etc, you'll get into graduate school, if you want, and have a very real head start in life irrespective of your class ranking. The value of the brand cant be underestimated. [/ Please if you are just a young student and reading this go out and do research. I have been involved with admissions to a very competitive graduate school on Long Island for years and the above post could not be further from the truth. Graduate schools set certain standards for admission one of which is GPA irrespective of school attended. If you go to Harvard and graduate with a 2.0 GPA you will not be going to Medical School in this country, if you graduate from Hofstra with a 3.8 you have a chance.
When the final choice is between Harvard and Hofstra you take Hofstra I'll take Harvard. BTW there are no competitive graduate schools on Long Island.
This is why an uneducated person like you should no longer post. Stony Brook Medical School, Stony Brook School of Dentistry, Hofstra Law School are all very competitive graduate schools on Long Island. The fact that you have no idea about these programs tells me you are clueless. Personally I went to a state school then graduate school at an Ivy. Just so you know many an Ivy undergrad have applied to the above graduate schools and been denied admission.Looking forward to another witty retort from the uneducated I'll take Harvard guy.
Actually, the Harvard kid would not have to go to a LI graduate school because the Ivy League takes care of their own and would get into a Harvard graduate program if they wanted to...
Looks like you smartened up after undergraduate school but nobody cares where you went - so you're an idiot for bringing it up. If you want to go to law school at hofstra instead of northwestern go ahead. If you want to go to medical school at stony brook instead of harvard go ahead. The point is the kids should get the best educations they can and if lacrosse helps them do it then they should use it to their advantages - and no one in their lifetimes will ever question a degree from a recognized top school. [/quote]
Lets also differentiate medical school, law school and graduate school. All different beasts. Medical school, any school, is a difficult process. Not sure too many folks get the luxury of being accepted to multiple schools. Law schools are legacy oriented so the "Ivy takes care of their own", while much too broad of a statement, does have some merit (as do other law schools). Graduate schools cover such a huge area of study (MBA, education, etc) that it's too hard to really comment.
The statement to use lacrosse (or any talent a student may have) to get the best education that fits the student academically and socially--right on.
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