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[quote=Anonymous]Somebody had been starting this rigor thread every other day to put down a handful of schools.

Search the forum. There was a very long thread on it over the last two weeks and very smart responses how difficult grades in college do not indicate the quality of the education or the amount of work required.  Some profs are notoriously difficult graders while being notoriously bad instructors.  Additionally, it tells you nothing about the quality of the professor, the amount being covered in the course, the pace of the course, the level of intelligence in the class.

My kid is at one of the schools mentioned and they have huge amount of reading—and writing.  Midterms were 2-4 hours long each and not a single one multiple choice.  Many papers.  Very small class sizes. Very, very smart peers with lively discussions.  It was a lot of work.  It was very engaging according to him and lots of outside supplementation and books/movie recs post-semester with from profs. Reading a lot over break. Stimulating.

I had a “hard” college with big lecture classes and all multiple choice exams. Bell curve with few As. I can’t say that helped me learn organic chemistry and better.

My kid’s hand was stained blue when he got home from his last midterm from one of the 4 hour written exams.

I’m also not sure about the motive of making it such a stressful environment that kids are suicidal.  My spouse went to a T10 like that in the early 90s and wanted none of our kids to attend his alma mater. So is this the environment you are searching for your kid? A notorious stressful grind or the opposite? Or just bragging rights? [/quote]

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