Top 20 most academically rigorous colleges /universities in the United States

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Anonymous wrote:MIT, Caltech, Berkeley, U Penn, CMU, Johns Hopkins, Rice, Cornell, Georgia Tech are academically most rigorous.

I’d add UVA

UVA is known for grade inflation and easy As.

Not in my kids’ experience at all

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Any such list should be by major area of study, not by college or university.

+1

And student. Schools matter, obviously - you're not going to learn as much in Physics 101 at Podunk U than at MIT - but there are students who spend 3 hours studying for each class, do the optional problem sets, or rewrite their papers multiple times, and those who do the bare minimum to get a B-. Someone who works very hard at a 50th ranked school will learn a lot more than someone who just wants to pass at a 5th ranked school.