Sasha Pokulok signs with the Capitals

[RichS]

I don't know what could have happened  to cause your woefully inaccurate assessment of Clarkson academically but I feel for you.

Hopefully someone close to you can set you straight.

[RichS]

Abnormal pysch?  That's funny.  Have you received any offers?   ::screwy::

As for the Hokehankist reference, if you were trying to make a joke out of a very solemn ceremony, you failed...miserably.

Your lack of tact is appalling.  Didn't you learn any decency at that "third rate" Ivy you attended?

[Dpperk29]

Clarkson was actually at the top of my list... the list went

1. Clarkson
2. RPI (they gave me a boat load of money)
3. Cornell

now for the reasoning. I live in tompkins county, so cornell was too close for me. RPI's in troy, enough said. I decided on clarkson because it's not in troy, it's a good engineering school, it's in a rural area (personal preference), and they gave me a good finacial aid package.

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

As a contrast, my top three choices were:

1) Cornell
2) Lehigh
3) Penn

All were comparable on aid (Lehigh was a bit low), so it came down to where I really wanted to go, and on that there was no choice.  And I also investigated MIT, Carnegie-Mellon, Princeton, and RPI, but dropped them from consideration for various reasons.

As someone who grew up in PA, I'd never even heard of Clarkson until I got to Cornell.  Did that make me uninformed?  Possibly, but it's not like they advertised much (and I got a LOT of recruiting brochures).

[jtwcornell91]

When I was looking at colleges, Clarkson was giving every incoming freshman a personal computer.  I guess that's more recruitment than advertising, but they were certainly at the college nights I went to.  But then a lot probably changed between 1978 and 1987.  (Including the name of the school!)

[Jerseygirl]

And if you went to any kind of technical college at all and know something about computer science/programming, you should check out the John Spencer Is Dead forum.

[KeithK]

[quote Jerseygirl]And if you went to any kind of technical college at all and know something about computer science/programming, you should check out the John Spencer Is Dead forum.[/quote]Ah, thread drift.

[canuck89]

Thankfully, this thread has lost some of its bias.  To say that Clarkson is no better than a community college is idiotic.  On the other hand, few will dispute that Cornell has an excellent engineering reputation.  In academics alone, Cornell does have better professors and more intelligent students than Clarkson.  However, as much as RichS may get on some of your nerves, we can handle ourselves with a bit more class than we've previously shown on this forum.  Besides, Cornell is the easiest Ivy to get in to.  ::wow::

[Jacob '06]

[quote canuck89]Cornell is the easiest Ivy to get in to.  ::wow::[/quote]

And the hardest to get out of. ;-)

[DeltaOne81]

[quote canuck89]Thankfully, this thread has lost some of its bias.  To say that Clarkson is no better than a community college is idiotic.[/quote]

To be fair, the person who talked about Clarkson and a community college 'on the same list', was not saying they were the same level.

The poster was saying that... in the realm of college selections, where people have 'reach', 'goal', and 'target' schools... if Clarkson was your 'reach', there would probably a community college much lower on your list.

I'm not saying I agree, but its different than saying that Clarkson is a community college.


That post did, however, say that for anything but engineering, Clarkson isn't much better than a community college. I kinda doubt that as well, but at least none of it was so cut and dry as 'Clarkson is no better than a community college', which would be just ludicrous.

[ursusminor]

[quote jtwcornell91]I intended to go to Clarkson if I couldn't afford Cornell or MIT.  In fact I expected I'd be going there until Cornell came through with a generous financial aid offer.  I suppose that means my ranking of the schools I applied to was

1. Cornell
2. MIT
3. Clarkson
4. RPI
5. SUNY Binghamton

Clarkson and RPI both strike me as good regional tech/science schools, sort of like Harvey Mudd is in California.[/quote] Being now in Potsdam is no reason to think that Clarkson should be ranked above RPI. :-P

[Trotsky]

It's
not
the
college
you
put
the
kid
into.

It's
the
kid
you
put
into
the
college.

[jtwcornell91]

[quote ursaminor]Being now in Potsdam is no reason to think that Clarkson should be ranked above RPI. :-P[/quote]

You'd really rather be in Troy than in Potsdam?

(Actually, I'm in Potsdam myself right now, but a different Potsdam.)

[ursusminor]

[quote jtwcornell91][quote ursaminor]Being now in Potsdam is no reason to think that Clarkson should be ranked above RPI. :-P[/quote]

You'd really rather be in Troy than in Potsdam?

(Actually, I'm in Potsdam myself right now, but a different Potsdam.)[/quote] I realize that you are in Potsdam (Brandenburg) now. That was the basis for my attempt at humor. Troy may be a dump, but I  would rather be in the New York Capital District than in the North Country.

[Rich S]

Far more important is the  kid that comes OUT of the college and what  the  college contributes to that.

Clarkson does an excellent job of preparing its students for the  working world.  Feedback from companies who recruit  Clarkson  grads speaks volumes about that.