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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My DS is a math and humanities major. The math classes were brutally tough and like another person mentioned DS was shocked to get his first C+ but has now learned to do better. The choices in math classes are amazing. The history classes are also a lot of work but getting As is not as difficult. Overall, he has learned to adapt and hustle and has had great internships every summer through friend referrals. He even found a 5-week internship at a startup for winter break. He is a very adaptable kid and is fine with large settings so that may have helped. After freshman year, he found his own housing. [/quote]

It sounds like your child is the type of self-starter who can do well there. Congrats, they should do well wherever they go. There are many very bright people there and the very self-reliant can learn alot. But, that is very different from receiving an 'elite' education. It is making the most of a fast-paced factory education. [/quote]

Not PP. Pretty sure the history proseminars or taking econ classes with Bates Clark/Nobel winners aren’t a “factory education.”[/quote]

Are grad students still teaching those proseminars?[/quote]
Let’s see: 
Spring 2026
Proseminar: Problems in Interpretation in the Several Fields of History: Middle East

World War I in the Middle East
Taught by full professor Christine Philliou

Proseminar: Problems in Interpretation in the Several Fields of History: Europe

The Rise of Global Empires and Imperial Culture in Early Modern Europe, 1400-1800 
Taught by Full professor Thomas Dandelet

Proseminar: Problems in Interpretation in the Several Fields of History: United States
Taught by full professor David M Henkin

Proseminar: Problems in Interpretation in the Several Fields of History: Asia
Taught by full professor Michael Nylan

Proseminar: Problems in Interpretation in the Several Fields of History: United States
Taught by tenure track assistant professor Jaime Sanchez

Proseminar: Problems in Interpretation in the Several Fields of History: Comparative History
Taught by Visiting Lecturer Ari S Edmundson

Proseminar: Problems in Interpretation in the Several Fields of History: Middle East
Taught by Full Professor Ussama Makdisi

And the list goes on and on…you can definitely avoid visiting lecturers if that is of serious concern, but for the most part, you’re getting tenure track professors.
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Show us the same thing on the STEM side where schools make their money.[/quote]

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