I can’t help but think that if you get a class full of well prepared bright students that the subject matter taught would either be more in-depth or that the class would cover more material in a given period of time. Anecdotally, my D goes to a highly ranked public flagship and studies Chemical Engineering. She co-oped with students from more regional schools. She was taking a class one semester at the same time a friend from a different school was taking the same class. They used the same textbook. My D’s class covered the entire textbook while her friend’s covered about 2/3rds of it during the semester. Just to let you know she considered her friend an excellent engineer and she has a good job right now.