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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This entire discussion is nonsensical. A school is only "better" if the area you want to study is "better." If you want to study mathematics and the mathematics department is marginal, then no it is not a better school for you. People get too caught up in names when they should be researching the underlying departments when making their decisions.[/quote] I get your premise for larger state schools, but it doesn't hold at all for liberal arts colleges and the ivies.[/quote] Actually, PP's point holds even more true for LACs because faculties are so small. A LAC could have a great physics program but no one who specializes in the kind of bio your DC is interested in. Or a poli sci department that's strong in IR and quantitative methods, but your kid loves con law and political theory. Ivies fall somewhere in the middle wrt size -- most fields/subfields will at least be represented on the faculty, but departmental (and subfield) strength can vary pretty significantly. I ended up choosing between the two Ivies I got into based on across-the-board strength vs strength in the one field I thought I was most interested in but no appealing Plan B if I changed my mind. Good call, since I did change fields. So, yeah, look at departments. But don't just focus on a single one. [/quote]
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