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[quote=Anonymous]Honestly, it isn't on my radar.  Even if my kid we're tha right caliber, it isn't a place he would pick.

1. We hate the suburbs.

2. We don't really like California.

3. Right now the t is more selective than some of the others, but that can chanbe.  Different schools offer different things. For my money, the way to do,it is like Columbia or U of C, with a serious commitment to a liberal arts core before you worry about major.

4. That said, mission is important. What is the mission of Stanford? I know the mission of the land grant universities is to educate the people of their states, Andy do research that helps the people of their state.  UW-Madison is the place where vitamin D research was discovered (which is in milk, now). Maybe that is the gold standard. For all I know, Iowa, a good solid school, is the gold standard if "gold" means "has a well articulated purpose, which is fulfilled at a reasonable cost to the fisc."

I think we all put too much effort stuff that doesn't matter.[/quote]

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