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I don’t have any issue with that, I’d love to throw less into the 529’s each month. What I want, is for him to explain how UCLA and Berkeley should be available to everyone, as he stated. Spewing bullshit is the easy part. You could spend 150m a year on UH or Tech, and it will never in 10 generations be on that level. He didn’t bring up a single point that @Captainant doesn’t regularly discuss on these boards. Regurgitated stats with a few hyperbolic and anecdotal statements sprinkled in

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Correct. His suggestion was to quit bailing out deadbeats who’ve already attended college with their loans, and help kids who are are fighting today’s problems. One of his better suggestions tbh.

Don’t worry, about to have a couple of back to back, absolutely tremendous quarters.

Not sure I buy this.

Damn what a great plate.

Great post.

Correct. There are many schools in that position. And let’s pretend UTSA or UTD could be just as good as UT tomorrow, and people would still value the Austin campus more. And that translates to more competition to get there, making it more elite, completing the circle.

We’re discussing Twitter journalists, not Surly posters. Please try and keep up.

Of course. I’m just not pretending that their mortal opposites don’t exist.

I take small exception to this.

Not in full disagreement, as I fall squarely into the “other” category. But I also have a lot of respect the kids who get perfect scores on the SAT, show brilliance, etc etc. I don’t think schools #75-1000 have this issue for the most part. I don’t think anyone disagrees that the Cal system needs/should be replicated where it can be. But there’s plenty of mid tier schools that are doing fine, along with most of their graduates.

I get it. How many of the top 500 have this problem? Many (most) of the mid tier are already expanding, college is big business after all. The elites are stagnant or regressing in enrollment. That part of what keeps them elite. Double their enrollment and all that happens is they get 2x the amount of elite kids and the next tier has fewer, and so on and so on.

Which is exactly the same as the opposite viewpoint. You agreeing with one side of the other doesn’t make one runny shit.

Maybe I should have been more clear. His bitch was the forced stagnant enrollment at elite universities. I'd be interested to know if UCLA was as elite when he was there as now (assuming not), same as UT, and many others. He had UH grades and was able to attend a university that became more highly regarded after his departure, and magically thinks that's how things should work now. It's not. The universities have gotten better because they have cherry picked the best kids. Can a 2.3 become an outlier, of course. How many brilliant kids should they pass on to take the 2.3's of the world? Where are those passed over brilliant kids going to study? Or is he suggesting there should be no limit to enrollment at any "elite" university? We have a glaring example within a 100 mile radius of home. There is a pretty stark difference between top 6% and top 10%, and another between the top 10% down to having acceptance letters you never requested mailed to you ala Tech. You can be fucking brilliant and if you choose UH over Cambridge, well, you got yourself a UH degree. If Harvard quadrupled their class size tomorrow, it would still be made up of valedictorians and the like, not 2.3's that might make something of themselves 20 years down the line. I did like several of his other ideas. But a Berkeley grad fussing about why everyone can't have elite degrees is just showboating, or bullshit. Really groundbreaking stuff with the stocks, too. You mean to tell me someone at the height of their career earnings bought in on some stocks that did well 20 years later? Crazy. I bet that's never happened in the history of the market. I'm sure there was never someone who was in the height of their earnings when (name any dow 50) stock was getting started and they bought in cheap - nope, just Gen X.

BuT bUt FaScIsM bro.

Fwiw, Datejust is the most affordable one you can get. You can still spin it in that regard. But you don’t make it to 35 years without knowing what’s best. Congrats.

Guy who attended UCLA and Berkeley , “everyone should be able to”. Ok, how?

Oof. Only 1% more than Texas, tho.

How the fuck is that your username but not your avatar?

Well, I’m going on 25 years straight with at least one boat at all times, so I know what to expect there. Was hoping the pool would give me a few more years of grace.

Same. Congrats @Macanudo

Damn. Didn’t know this was a thing. I don’t ever get into major funks, but can keep a low grade consistent level for years at a time. How would diagnose something like that?

Wouldn’t let me edit. eta: picking on her because she’s the biggest name. Captain eyepatch and plenty of Rs on that list as well. Need some serious reform on enrichment for these stains.

Well, we’ve got a thread for her. And 600k is a ho-hum quarter or two for her trades. See you there!