Is Harvard turning into a huge joke?

Washington Examiner ^ | December 31, 2022 | Brad Polumbo

[Chickensoup]

They should be forced to pay off student loans along with all other schools that screwed students.

[Osage Orange]

Here's a real joke,,,,

A U.S. Navy Admiral was attending a naval conference that included Admirals from the U.S. , English, Canadian, Australian and French Navies.

At a cocktail reception, he found himself standing with a large group of Officers that included personnel from most of those countries.

Everyone was chatting away in English as they sipped their drinks but a French admiral suddenly complained that, 'whereas Europeans learn many languages, Americans learn only English.'

He then asked, 'Why is it that we always have to speak English in these conferences rather than speaking French?'

Without hesitating, the American Admiral replied 'Maybe it's because the Brits, Canadians, Aussies and Americans arranged it so you wouldn't have to speak German.'

You could have heard a pin drop.

Harvard is a close second.

[NetAddicted]

So, now red state colleges are as good as Harvard. I got a BSCS. I only took 1 easy class, weight lifting. I took physics classes cuz I wanted to take them.

[Texas resident]

sharp as a sack full of wet mice.

Foghorn Leghorn classic.

[Texas resident]

I graduated from Texas A&M in the early 80’s. Two degrees. One in engineering and one in economics. 4 years in the Corps of Cadets which is equivalent to the military academies.
NO QUARTER when it came to grades. Either you made the grade or you didn’t. No frikking trophies for participation.

[rottndog]

Too Late. Harvard has been a joke for years. Arrogant Snobs.

*Racist Arrogant Snobs

[traderrob6]

I worked with a couple of people that graduated from A & M over the years. Both had very high praise for the quality of the college and the education they received.

My son is one semester away from getting his Engineering degree from USI. Another VERY tough program. He’s a 3.0 + GPA student but did have to take Calc III twice to pass.

[redgolum]

You don’t go to an ivy for academics. You do it for connections.

Read JD Vance’s book. Going to an Ivy is why he is in politics. The connections he made helped provide him the means to achieve what he has. If he had gotten his law degree at a public school, he may have had a better education but would likely not have written a book deal or gone into politics.

[Vigilanteman]

Back when I was in college, the running joke was that C students made all the money because they partied rather than studied and were good at networking and sales.

B students went into middle management because they had a balance between studies and socialization.

A students ended up working for B students because they had little social life and were good at report and execution that actually got the job done.

There was a lot of truth in these statements.

[anton]

Harvard never churned out skilled persons. The whole point was making those connections to fulfill the accurate prophecy of “its not what you know, its who you know.” They did that quite well.

[anton]

I had a bit of a chip on the shoulder when I got into a law firm with a managing partner from Harvard and several associates from IVY schools.

So, I subscribed to the Harvard Law Review for a couple of years and read every issue to my delight and amazement at what stupid nonsense passed for academic excellence. I recommend this to anyone. Get access through Google Scholar and you will laugh your ass off. It might as well be written in hieroglyphics for all the sense they make.