Wealthy Jewish families are rejecting the Ivy League for ‘Plan B’ schools

NY Post ^ | November 27, 2023 | Rikki Schlott

[cgbg]

“Jewish, Indian, and Chinese students and parents also don’t give a crap about sports.”

Good point—reminds me of the great line in Godfather II where Hyman Roth explains “I loved baseball ever since Arnold Rothstein fixed the World Series in 1919.”

[FLT-bird]

For athletic scholarships such as those for bigtime college football and basketball, the schools makes far more profit from the student than the cost of the scholarship.

For a lot of elite schools (think Stanford and the like) sports - especially sports that nobody watches or cares about are a way to admit the children of alums or the well connected who otherwise stand no chance of getting in on the merits.

[magooey]

There are high quality international level Universities outside the West where students can do their studies or work on their doctorates. The world is changing, and this is no longer the 1930's where it is the West and nothing else. There are the IIT's in India, the University of Sao Paulo in Brazil, and numerous institutions elsewhere. If Obama's and Biden's minions cannot behave themselves, it might be reasonable to look around.

[KingofZion]

I have a senior, he does not plan to apply to any Ivy schools even though he is well qualified. Will save me a lot of coin.