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> Jacob Conrad wrote:
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> > Your example from higher education is telling. I got my undergraduate
> > degree from a decent state school, the U. of Wisconsin's Madison campus,
> and
> > went on to Columbia for grad school.
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> Decent? Madison is probably one of the top half-dozen state schools in
the
> nation (Berkeley, UCLA, Austin, Ann Arbor, and Virginia are all of
> comparable quality).
Yeah, it's pretty decent.
> > Were the Columbia students any smarter? Not really.
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> Other Ivy Leaguers have told me the same thing. I don't believe them.
Why not?
Jacob