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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Generally, universities of lower caliber advise their students better. Also, professors at lesser universities reach out to their students more and more want their students to be successful.[/quote]

Well, this would appear to be a false premise based on mine at two different ivies and my work partners' kids at various universities. 
Mine and their ivy friends are in varied areas: prelaw, premed, pre-phD. Professors and grad students gladly meet with undergrads for lunch or coffee and share their wisdom. Professors take undergrads to conferences, and offer to connect them to professors they know at other universities for summer work, and follow through to make calls and emails on behalf of students. Pre-law advising has contacts all over the globe for internships and research, they do interview workshops, customized review and planning of the list, personal statement honing. Premed provides GPA and MCAT ranges from the college that are competitive for certain tiers of med schools and help candidates have reach and match schools. Every undergrad who wants science research gets it, and most is paid.Shadowing is easily available with established programs(med school on or near campus for both). The advising is far more personalized than any colleagues kids with the exception of the kid who goes to Williams and also gets impressive advising. Other schools are not T20 or top LACs, and most are publics. 
TLDR "lesser" ranked universities do not advise better than higher ranked.[/quote]

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