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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]<<I got my phd at Cornell >>

World of difference from being an undergrad. Tier 1 research schools exist to get grants and churn out peer-reviewed papers, that will bring honor (and more grants) to the school. Doctoral students are very much part of achieving those goals.  (And this is coming from a tenured professor.)

The previous poster admitted that elite schools may well have amazing education, but they do not offer UNDERGRADUATES the individual attention that SLAC schools do. My DC is publishing her second peer-reviewed paper this summer, as a sophomore at a SLAC. At Cornell, that opportunity would probably go to a grad student.

My DC hopes to attend a Cornell-like grad school, but is VERY content with her choice for an undergrad environment. No one has to be RIGHT in this discussion...different options offer different benefits and disadvantages. Depending upon the student, they can all offer a great education.[/quote]

+1 At a tier 1 research university the focus is on grad students. Undergrads (and teaching them) is a chore for TT professors (with some exceptions). At SLAC the faculty are delighted to have smart, research-oriented kids to work with. I did a ton of research (and got to go to conferences and publish) at my tier 3 SLAC, and those same faculty helped me enormously in applying to graduate school. At the tier 1 university where I got my PhD, the faculty "had" to teach some undergrads, but definitely preferred graduate students. [/quote]

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