<p>sv3a, explain how they dominate?</p>
<p>The only real comparison i can give is the comparison between UVa and upenn. I’m guessing you would consider upenn on the same level as chicago and harvard. I spent a summer at upenn between my junior and senior year and I had real penn professors teaching classes. I didn’t exactly find them to be “dominating” the experience in the classroom that I’ve gotten at uva. I didn’t think the lectures I received where just so much more enlightening than what I’ve gotten at Uva.</p>
<p>Now I’m not saying that the best economics professor at UVa is going to give the best economics professor at chicago a run for his money in the amount of awards he’s won, but I am saying that when it comes to getting an undergraduate education, I can 100% say that the professors at harvard or chicago are not going to make you more learned in a subject than the professors at UVa. </p>
<p>The only difference you’ll find is in the caliber of students. And yes, at a Harvard or a Chicago your standout students there will probably be better than the standout students at Virginia - they have the ability to work at a higher level. But the average student at harvard was in the top 10% of his class when he graduated from hs, and the average student at virginia was in the top 10% when he graduated.</p>