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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So are the public universities stepping up their game?  I went to a Top-10 private university, but also took some extra classes at a top-10 public near my home.  It was like night and day; the private school's classes were so much more rigorous, while the public university didn't seem that much different than my public high school -- but hey, at least I got to be the smartest one in class again! [b] Example: intro physics at my private was calculus-based while the intro physics at the public was not.[/b]  Also, the tests were so different.  The public uni had easy multiple choice and fill-in-the-blank where we just had to  parrot back the info from the book or lecture, while at the private uni the tests were mostly short answer/essay or really difficult MC involving actual calculations &/or critical thinking.

I really would love my kids to be able to take advantage of the state universities, but I know that if I had chosen our state's public, I wouldn't have developed the critical thinking skills that I did, and I definitely became more worldly meeting so many different types of people.  So now that more and more of the top-scoring students are choosing public for college, are those universities able to challenge these students?    [/quote]

Just wondering - what curriculum you were in?  I went to a public university (not top 10), but the 2 semesters of physics that I had were calc based.

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DS just finished Physics at an out of state state school.  The university offers several types of intro physics. I know of physics Calc based, physics for business majors and physics for Arts. Also summer courses are notoriously lax.  So I don't think you can color your opinion too much on non-Calc based physics.  [/quote]

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