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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sure.  But I don't think that many (any?) professors, graduate students, or undergraduates would choose UMD over Harvard.

Prestige is very sticky, and Harvard resources flow even to its weak spots.[/quote]

Most people interested in CS or engineering don't even bother applying to Harvard. It's not where the talent or energy is in these fields. [/quote]

I absolutely believe that Harvard is not the first choice of people interested in CS.  MIT, Stanford, Caltech are all more desirable. But are you seriously arguing that ambitious, worldly students apply to MIT and UMD but not other nationally prestigious universities? No. UMD might be a safety for the highest fliers, but they also apply (after MIT and Stanford) to Princeton, Harvard, etc.  If the $$ is equal (which, given generous aid at the top privates, it will be except for donut hole families), students choose the high-prestige privates in even if they are ranked lower in their major.[/quote]

You're wrong. My high flying STEM kid didn't even glance in Harvard's direction. Among ivy league schools, only Princeton and Cornell are any good. And Rice, CMU, Berkeley, UIUC, Stanford, Georgia Tech, Michigan and many other schools are far more interesting places for cs and engineering than Harvard. In this space, Harvard isn't a serious school. Neither is Yale. Talented people who are interested in cs and engineering don't even consider Harvard or Yale.  [/quote]

^^ This. 2 DCs in college majoring in CS. Not interested in Harvard, Dartmouth, Brown or Columbia Applied to [b]MIT[/b], Cornell, Princeton,[b] GT Tech, UIUC, Michigan[/b]. [/quote]
This is the problem: so many high stats kids applying to the same schools.  DS applied to those same schools, plus CMU, Cal, UMD.[/quote]

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