I'm not talking community college.
But a legitimate 4 year university vs these top ranked school.
What the difference beside the egos and notoriety. How much "harder" and more advanced can the curriculum be? (srs)
Anyone started a "low rank" university and transferred to a more prestigious one?
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08-09-2013, 06:09 PM #1
What REALLY is the difference between a "top" teir univesity and any other college?
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its just the people you meet/uni on your cv. everything is branding. so what sounds better, Harvard which is well known a-grade or some random uni no one knows of. Harvard sounds better.
what makes Harvard a-grade you may ask? the research the professors do at the uni.
what you actually learn may not be that much more enlightening at degree level
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08-09-2013, 06:20 PM #19
Mostly the exclusion factor. That is why many of them don't do so well in ratings when they are accessed on what they do for students. I do think that they are often overrated, but all schools are obviously not equal.
Take a school like Harvard for example. It is obviously more rigorous than an average state school. However, the have nearly 100% brand recognition, good reputation that feeds on itself, extreme exclusivity from a large, talented pool and therefore student body who were ALREADY elite, money, etc. Having a pool of people like that in one place also creates myriad of networking opportunities. With all that students will definitely do better. However, in the case of an individual student, he will determine his own success. If you can actually make it to Harvard t really doesn't matter what name brand is on your receipt(degree).*Aspirations of a god, limitations of a man crew*
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08-09-2013, 06:23 PM #21
The quality of curriculum honestly isn't all that different in that if you look hard at any university you will find some awesome instructors and research professors
Differences mainly are:
- people around you, their mindsets/goals
(not only will the mental environment affect you, but you will be getting advice/looking to your peers for what to do and emulating them to their standards of success so as to not be behind...if many people around you are motivated and have chit for them, you will feel like chit unless you are at a similar level...yet if everyone around you is just doing okay, getting decent grades and not proactively looking for opportunities, you will be conditioned to think it's okay to do similarly)
- ease/accessibility of networking opportunities
- recruiters ARE more willing to look at you (but don't think it's a huge advantage, it's merely a small step up you will still have to be top among your peers)
IMO if you are truly on top of your chit, know what you want and are willing to put the effort/research/time to get there in the best way possible, being at a top uni is not necessary in the slightest for success. But many people who are on top of their chit can get into top unis anyway, and at that point it's like "why not"
One thing that sucks...party scene will be not as good/lively, maybe you won't be seeing as much hotties walking around campus, such is life haha
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Most private prestigious universities have grade inflation but, at the end it's all about the type of job you have access to. I met students who went to ivy league schools and top tier public and they were all rather equivalent in innate cognitive ability. Honestly though, the kids at the top tier public universities were much more bright/sharp at least from what I gathered.
What really set these students apart was there ability of not their own cognitive prowess, but their parents willing to pay for their private SAT tutoring. Getting into the cream of the crop where everyone has a 4.0, getting a high SAT score is what really sets you apart.
I had a standardized prep instructor who taught the SAT, GRE, and GMAT, and all his kids went to ivy leagues. Guess why?Last edited by JohnMKeynes; 08-09-2013 at 06:30 PM.
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was wondering if someone would say this.
I asked a prof once that had taught at an ivy league school and asked what the difference was (like OP). One of the things he said was important were resources like advanced research labs, professors that have reached the top of their profession before becoming professors, global connections, etc.
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