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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]went to an HYP. I’ve also taught at public/private universities. The advantages of Ivy attendance were
1)	Connections – For example, my first job upon graduating was a plum research assistantship that my TA had had several years before, and he recommended me.  It also helped though, that I had the requisite technical skills.
2)	Benefit of the doubt: For job applications early in my career, the school name got me on the short list.
3)	Compared to public universities: [b]Much easier to graduate in 4 years, since there are no class shortages.[/b]
4)	Compared to smaller private universities: If you want to do a PhD in a STEM field, there’s no substitute for going to undergrad at a university with a PhD program.  When I got to grad school, the SLAC graduates in my program were at sea.  Their relatively small departments, with older professors focused on teaching rather than research, hadn’t offered the kind of preparation/technical skills necessary to prepare for a PhD program.  The SLACs had no one who had recently gone through or who was going through such a program at the school. At the Ivy I attended, the professors/grad students knew what to teach to make me competitive for the program they were currently running/attending. People will tell you that Bio 101 or Econ 101 are the same everywhere, but they are not. 
5)	Also compared to some (not all) small private universities:  Some of the smaller private schools are really tuition dependent and often have small endowments.  They treat the kids like customers, and coursework is less challenging than at an Ivy or public flagship in order to keep grades high.  Still, morale is pretty low, as the undergraduates are less of a priority than fundraising, since the schools are often kind of desperate.

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Wow - is that really an issue at some schools?

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At cal and ucla. Yes[/quote]

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