Originally Posted by ultramarina
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I think it's harder to get really good grades at a State U. than at a Stanford/Ivy

Huh. Really? Why do you think so? My husband, who went to a small, prestigious liberal arts school (not an Ivy) and then later attended grad school and taught at a large state school, would totally disagree with this, I think.

Perhaps a large survey class in a hard science or math is more demanding at a state school? I could see that. Less student support.

I attended the University of Kansas for my undergrad (playing for NCAA championship tonight--woohoo!) and MIT for grad school.

For me, getting top grades at the University of Kansas was much harder than MIT. Perhaps it was the competitiveness of the honors track I took during undergrad, or perhaps I was more mature during grad school, but MIT was much easier.