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"In my experience, there's not much difference between an MIT/Stanford/Berkeley undergrad and a top student where I went to school." So the average student at
by jhonovich 12y ago
"In my experience, there's not much difference between an MIT/Stanford/Berkeley undergrad and a top student where I went to school."
So the average student at a top school is roughly equal to a top student at an average school?
- hkmurakami 12y agoAs a former average engineering student at a top school who's befriended and worked with a good number of top students at good but not top schools (ex: students on full rides in state school engineering programs), top students at these schools are probably somewhat better than the average student at a top school. Of course, this is just an anecdotal perspective. Your mileage may vary.
- timr 12y agoI spoke imprecisely -- I don't have enough information to make that kind of a claim about "average students" (hopefully obviously). But of the people I've worked with, there's no difference at the high end. Good students are just as good at no-name schools as they are at MIT. I updated my comment to be more clear.