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If there were two medical schools, one a state funded community medical school and the other a big name like John Hopkins, what school would you want your docto
by gravypod 11y ago
If there were two medical schools, one a state funded community medical school and the other a big name like John Hopkins, what school would you want your doctor to have attended? Even if you were assured that they both teach the same material, you would want the Coca-Cola over the Pepsi.
- paulojreis 11y agoYes, of course. My intuition would be the same. But that doesn't mean that the only point of a university is to guarantee exclusiveness/selection and accreditation.
- jimmaswell 11y agoI know what you mean but the soda analogy doesn't really make sense to me. How is Coca-Cola more "prestigious" or something than Pepsi?
- gravypod 11y agoI use it to describe the "name brand" that everyone wants although the two are essentially the same.
- jimmaswell 11y agoIs Coca Cola really more popular though? I never got that impression.
- telotortium 11y agoYeah, he could have at least used RC Cola as an example. Coca Cola vs. Pepsi is more comparable to Harvard vs. Stanford -- I'm sure some people have strong opinions favoring one or the other, but they occupy the same stratum, in Silicon Valley at least.