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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Harvard lives off its rep and brand name faculty, but the instruction there is no better than anywhere else. In fact, students can find a more personal experience almost anywhere else, particularly in grad school.[/quote]

This is very true, but the snobby, "Big 3" DC elitists will never openly admit it. [/quote]

As someone with degrees at three academic institutions with widely held rankings, this is how it works at Harvard or Southwest Podunk State:

-- there are good and bad teachers (with so few tenure track positions available, even HYP graduates will teach in the hinterlands to get on the ladder)

-- the top students in each class would have done well anywhere, even HYP. Some didn't start early enough, have parents aware of the game, gas up their "resume", etc.

-- the difference is that at the lower ranked school, maybe 4 or 5 out of 15 in a class are top notch whereas at the better school, it might have been 10 or 12 out of 15.

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My experience is that the rankings are mostly predicated on what federal and other research grants the faculty can obtain. That has nothing to do with teaching undergrads or the undergrad experience.[/quote]

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