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I've worked with both MIT and NC State grads and in all 3 cases MIT was far ahead. Now whether it was the CS program that was better or the raw smarts of the gr
by mav3rick 7y ago
I've worked with both MIT and NC State grads and in all 3 cases MIT was far ahead. Now whether it was the CS program that was better or the raw smarts of the grads or both, I don't know.
- akhilcacharya 7y agoCan you expound on this? In what way were they "far ahead"? Under which circumstances? I went to NC State, for the record. Am I just "far behind"?
- mav3rick 7y agoSure, MIT grads knew many general CS and systems concepts more in depth than their NCSU counterparts. They would also finish their artifacts way faster than the NCSU grads. This is just anecdata and may or may not reflect the average grad quality from both these schools.
- akhilcacharya 7y agoWell, thanks for your candor in looking down on 99.7% of Americans. Usually people don’t say the quiet part loud.
- mav3rick 7y agoYou asked my experience and I told you with a disclaimer. You clearly aren't interested in it, rather than some platitudes like "everyone is the same". Again, I have no personal grudge against you or NCSU or other state schools. For that matter NCSU has a good systems program from what I hear.
- akhilcacharya 7y agoYour original reply was not really a material response to my point about social engineering at all - you just said folks at MIT are superior in a direct comparison. It's hard not to take away from that a direct attack on average folks like me, but I will say this - I'm not at all surprised.
- mav3rick 7y agoI qualified my response saying it's anecdata. Your responses clearly try to undermine the top engineering institutions, I provided a counter.
- mav3rick 7y agoGiven a choice would you not have picked MIT over NCSU ? The CS program there is quite amazing as well as the opportunity to meet other smart people and minor in a plethora of courses.
- akhilcacharya 7y agoI don’t think you understand as someone that isn’t a member of the cognitive elite I would have never been given the choice.
- mav3rick 7y agoThe question prefaces by giving you that choice.
- projektfu 7y agoI think that's missing the point because the question is whether the NC student would do well at MIT, not whether the result of the program is better.