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The selection process at most highly competitive schools is flawed, but the Ivy League universities still get the best students, in general.
by DiogenesKynikos 3y ago
The selection process at most highly competitive schools is flawed, but the Ivy League universities still get the best students, in general.
- anothernewdude 3y agoAnd if you get the best students, then do you need to bother to provide the best education? If your students are going to achieve good results anyway? Might the quality of that education become suspect, if it lacks incentives to improve, since the branding largely carries everything?
- DiogenesKynikos 2y agoThe Ivy League schools don't necessarily have the best teachers. Professors are hired mainly based on their research output, not on teaching skills. However, if you go to an Ivy League school, you'll be surrounded by the best students, which makes a difference, and you will get other perks, like tutoring from graduate students (the university gives them housing in exchange). If you're in science, you'll also be able to do undergrad research in a top lab. Branding is a big deal, but these universities are legitimately great places to study.