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Yeah, mathboy, I totally understand you. A quick look at the faculty page publications is enough for you to even ask, "Why the hell is this guy even teaching me?"... And certainly, you don't need professors to teach intro classes, as they are pretty archetypically structured. Most of the intro/intermediate materials are so basic that a professor is really not needed. It's like asking me to teach kindergarden kids how to count.
I was more thinking about research opportunities, which are when interaction with mentors who take you seriously is much more important, since you are more likely to take on a project of your own idea, thus branch out and enjoy more. But once again, I don't know if MIT> HYP for those kind of things. I can't find undergrad's publications statistics (What % of undergrads end up getting a 1st/2nd author publication in a academic journal?), so I can't really compare to HYP.
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