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Message: [QUOTE="cohenzone, post: 2341181, member: 504"] It kinda depends. I'm an ancient Uconn alum. It wasn't my first choice, but financially it was the only choice. I encountered a ton of really gifted students and profs. When my 3 sons were picking colleges, they all had great everything, grades, scores, talents. They all applied to UConn as a fall back. I told each of them that don't go thinking UConn is a place for dullards. You'll find plenty of kids who would manage the "elite" schools quite well and many excellent instructors. I told them you get out of any school what you put into it. Maybe the % of "serious students" is a bit higher at elites, but as to teaching, you're as likely to get good educators at UConn as at an elite. Often what distinguishes faculty at elites is more renown in their field than it does teaching quality. Well, none went to UConn. The objective reality is that only one of them could have had the same major at UConn that they did at the schools they chose. The unknowable about him is whether or not he could've gotten into the same law schools he did with similar grades at UConn. There is a reslity that undergrads school reputation can matter if a student plans to go on to more degrees. It can matter in certain job markets. But as to pure quality of education, UConn students aren't shortchanged. In fact in the crazy expense of attending elites, any difference in academics is diminished. Of course full ride athletes dont have the same affordability issues. [/QUOTE]

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