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The median kid at Cornell or Penn (the depressing ivies) do not take 4 courses a semester not is grading a cake walk.[/quote]

I see people mentioning how many classes kids at various schools take, and the underlying assumption seems to be that all classes are created equal across all institutions.

If a school's standard load is 4 classes, you can bet that the professors have created a workload that will keep smart students very busy. [/quote]

Calculus is calculus
Organic chem is organic chem.

Nice try though trying to feel better about it.

Ivy schools have connections not harder/better/etc classes.[/quote]

DP: In my experience, the quality differences in private schools come in the level and amount of readings, quality of writing expected, level of research to read and build on in papers, and in the STEM areas the level of independent research required.  I've taught in both an R1 public and a top private school  and went to an Ivy for my PhD.  Some courses are fairly similar (calc), but top privates have  higher reading, writing and research expectations (and the resources to give the kinds of feedback/individualized attention to support these). When I taught chem in an R1 public we use a textbook (and TF led labs), in the private it was textbook plus contemporary peer-reviewed research and students need to design and conduct their own experiment that I personally advise on.  It's a more faculty-intensive course.  And in the private, even STEM students read/wrote much better due to the more intensive liberal arts core requirements.  [/quote]

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