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Why Match School and Student Rank?
- shortrounddev2 3y agoThe point of elite universities is not human capital development, it is the certification of exclusivity. Top universities are notorious grade inflaters and accept a huge share of legacy students who are no more capable than anybody else. It's not about these universities having the best teachers in the world. Often, your undergrad experience involves 200-person classes taught by grad students instead of the world-class experts the universities advertise. The teachers are top universities may know more than anybody in the world, but they're generally not very good teachers. Many of them will accept the position specifically on the condition that they teach as few classes as possible and be allowed to focus only on research. The universities simply certify that you were among the 1% of applicants who were accepted to the university. That is enough for most employers