What an intriguing exchange! As someone who has taught this class -- and others with "Ivy" acceptances -- I think maybe this class might be more down-to-Earth, quite apart from the well-made points of Daniel Borup. A quality education may be gained at any number of schools that aren't "Ivy" or on any "Top 10" list. I got a wonderful education at a small school no one ever heard of, one not even in the top 50 -- although no one bothered to "rate" schools in the dark ages when I went. Besides, the quality of education at many of the big name schools comes on a graduate level when you actually have the professors that give the school the ranking and not, as on the undergraduate level, some TA who just earned a degree from the college you turned down.
That said, what do you make of two students in Cal Tech? One in Harvey Mudd. Have we forgotten the west coast? You want "competitive"?
Finally, one has to wonder where "anonymous" has been accepted.
Quality in the eye of the beholder?
What an intriguing exchange! As someone who has taught this class -- and others with "Ivy" acceptances -- I think maybe this class might be more down-to-Earth, quite apart from the well-made points of Daniel Borup. A quality education may be gained at any number of schools that aren't "Ivy" or on any "Top 10" list. I got a wonderful education at a small school no one ever heard of, one not even in the top 50 -- although no one bothered to "rate" schools in the dark ages when I went. Besides, the quality of education at many of the big name schools comes on a graduate level when you actually have the professors that give the school the ranking and not, as on the undergraduate level, some TA who just earned a degree from the college you turned down.
That said, what do you make of two students in Cal Tech? One in Harvey Mudd. Have we forgotten the west coast? You want "competitive"?
Finally, one has to wonder where "anonymous" has been accepted.