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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I get that if you want to be on a CEO track or make big bucks on Wall Street, Ivy names could open more doors. But if you’re pursuing medical research, tech, natural sciences, are Ivies (undergrad) really that much better than schools a tier below?

With AI changing everything, is old-guard Ivy prestige still as important as it has been before? [/quote]

Rice CMU and Swat (and a couple others) are effectively the same boost as ivy+ schools for pHD MD tech and in some areas CMU and Rice are much better than three of the ivies [/quote]

How about Amherst and Pomona? Are they as good as the ones mentioned above for PhD MD Tech boost comparable to or even better than some Ivies? [/quote]

We looked at one of those, so the answer is no.  I guess those kids get the experience later in their academic careers, over summer, or just aren’t hard core basic science researchers.  Plenty of funded researchers are not, although outcomes medical research seems to be hit harder by the NIH cuts.[/quote]

Are you talking about undergrad or still talking about your PhD husband?[/quote]

Why are you being obtuse?  Less sophisticated bench science at slacs, by a good margin.  For undergrads and everyone else.[/quote]

Nonsense[/quote]

Point us to some of the cutting edge basic science research coming out of Williams and Swarthmore.  We’re all ears.[/quote]

Point us to some cutting edge research coming out of R1s that undergraduates are meaningfully participating in….we’re all ears.[/quote]

It’s not about how cutting edge it is. It’s about your role in it and your development of thinking skills. If a professor trusts you with running large parts of it and listens while you think through research and set directions, you’re better off than running PCRs like a lab tech are an Ivy. Add that the professors are well-connected at SLACs and provide deep, personalized recommendations, and it turns out SLACs provide excellent research training.[/quote]

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