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True. It is same the situation with many other fine research type public universities, like UIUC, UMichigan, for example. Great place to do graduate study, undesirable for undergrads. Just too big the schools are. You hardly see a professor in lower classes. They are not interested in teaching undergrads and many of them are not required to. This is why the elite private schools are better for undergrads, but of course they are more expensive and much harder to get in.

Total and complete nonsense.   Undergrads hardly see professors at Michigan?  You are beyond clueless.  It’s embarrass the amount of stupidity one reads here. [/quote]

PPP is correct.  Many freshman and sophomore classes taught at places like Michigan will have 300+ students.  TA or Professor will do the lecture.  Professor shows up once or twice a week for the lecture.  The freshman English composition classes will be smaller and have about 40 students and still generally have a professor.[/quote]

.....that’s not the same as saying students hardly ever see a professor in lower level classes.  The only places where students are going to get a true hand holding experience are at smaller LAC type schools. So called elites universities are also going to have larger lecture halls with TAs as well.   What do you think those upper level PhD graduate program students are doing at Harvard when they’re there, twiddling their thumbs all day?   By the way, Michigan is rated in the top 20 at US News  for undergraduate teaching if you follow the rankings.  [/quote]

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