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<p>Bogus? Is this Yale’s fault for having too few students or Pitt’s fault for having too many students? </p>
<p>The comparison was not made to compare the average student at Pitt to the average student at Yale. In fact, the poster had specifically mentioned Pitt’s honor college, saying it is “quite intellectual” – hinting that Pitt’s honor college has some very top notch students. The original comparison supports the conclusion that Pitt, by way of its honors college, is quite compettitive with highly ranked colleges in enrolling top notch students. </p>
<p>Calling any college “inferior” really upsets me. I fully agree with idad that colleges simply have different goals and objectives. I mean, it’s outrageous to use the term “inferior”. How is one college, say University of South Illinois, generally “inferior” to UChicago ? I would say that it is not inferior, but rather has different goals. For example, if I wanted to become a high school teacher because that is truly something that I am passionate about, I would opt for Southern Illinois over UChicago for finacial reasons, seeing that the teaching profession is not the best for paying back loans. In that scenario, one (perhaps an economics major) could make the case that UChicago is “inferior” to Southern Illinois. How about aeronautical colleges? Are those inferior to schools like Bates? Quite frankly, I would rather have a pilot flying my plane who majored in aeronautics rather than an English major at Bates college. I wouldn’t consider my pilot’s education “inferior” to that of my neighbor on the plane – an English professor with a degree from Bates. Some colleges are ranked higher (ie higher stats) but no college is inferior to another. Period.</p>
<p>As a side note, I have always perceived UChicago has “anti-elitist”; the closet one can come to a University that is extremely intellectual yet void of snobbishness.</p>