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Helicopter parent much? It’s one thing to throw out a school if it has a huge statue of the founder of the KKK or if they won’t let white students and minority students share the same facilities. Why would you throw out a school because the professors conduct research? You wouldn’t let your child go to Dartmouth, Princeton, or Yale because the professors conduct research (and yet somehow those three are ranked very highly in undergraduate education and undergrad focus)? As someone who attends a major research univeristy I can say that the reserach opportunities have been great and really shaped my undergraduate career. By performing research as an undergrad I was able to see if I actually wanted to pursue a course of study through graduate school. I’m also able to be part of teams that discover new knowlege and further my field of study. Also, those research driven profs have been some of the best teachers and adivsers of my academic career.</p>