<p>is the experience/education/prestige/opportunities/etc that one recieves from going to a top 10 school vs a top 30 school that great?</p>
<p>If I go to UCLA and my friend goes to Duke, is there really that HUGE of a difference in terms of what we will get out of it?</p>
<p>Additionally,what about a bigger level? Like going to UCLA rather than the University of Oregon?</p>
<p>Top 30 vs. top 10, not much of a difference. As far as I can tell, Duke and UNC provide very similar educations, although Duke has more perks (more money, smaller classes, etc.). Outside the top 30 (or 50), the difference becomes more notable, but I’m a firm supporter of the idea that almost any university in the top 100 will give you a good education, especially if that university is strong in your major.</p>
<p>there COULD be a huge difference in your experiences… but not because of the rank difference. As long as a school is a good fit the difference between say a 25 and a 5 shouldnt be great… at least in my opinion.</p>
<p>k good hahahha</p>
<p>Education, top 30 and top 10 is pretty negligible. Name recognition, top 10 fares much better.
But we know NO ONE cares about those, right?</p>
<p>I would KILL to go to UCLA over Duke</p>
<p>Duke is not on my list anymore since the scandal. Not because of that single event, but I also heard a lot else of it…</p>
<p>Some people prefer the lower ranked schools because the competition tends to be less severe or intense. Whether this is realistic or not, I dont know. Im perfectly happy with my no. 18 ranked Notre Dame.</p>
<p>In your case, the bigger difference is probably the private v. public feel.</p>
<p>what scandal???</p>
<p>And top 30 is pretty much the same… RANkings are macroscopic and cant be sued to distinguish between closely ranked stuff</p>
<p>BLY, you think the alleged events of the Duke scandal couldn’t happen anywhere else? I regret to see your naivete, and now that Duke’s off your list, your loss.</p>
<p>its not his loss… if u dont like a school thats more prestigious and dont go… its not your loss, its your gain as u made a pick and would be happir where u chose</p>
<p>For undergrad I would say no, there’s probably not much difference.</p>
<p>It also depends on WHICH top 30 vs WHICH top 10. </p>
<p>NYU Stern (NYU #32?) vs. Upenn CAS = not much difference.
Also, UNC vs Duke is also not that different.</p>
<p>However, Wake Forrest vs Princeton or something = substantial difference.</p>
<p>I doubt it. Prestige-wise yes, quality of education no. I enrolled at Wake Forest (ended up at Duke anyway, long story), and I chose it over Duke, U Chicago, Johns Hopkins, Davidson, etc. It does quite well and even manages to produce a few Rhodes scholars some years. The academics and workload are certainly more rigorous than many of the universities ranked higher. It is, for all intents and purposes, really a LAC, so it’s difficult to compare.</p>
<p>Well, I focused on the last half of the op’s criteria which was “prestige/opportunities/etc”. Education quality/environment is very subjective.</p>
<p>academically not much diff between any of the top 100 or so</p>
<p>woa! the top 100, now that’s kinda pushing it, an education at marquette or american will definately be different than at harvard, duke, or emory.</p>
<p>It does matter. Look at this list, 13 grads from UNC at Harvard Law but 55 from Duke, a school 35% the size. Its a small sample (I remember in 2003 it was 43 from Dartmouth and 39 from Brown, now Brown has more), but when you anyle by student body size big differences start to show between the 'top 10 schools; and the top 30, let alone the top 100. </p>
<p>I go to an Ivy MBA and have friends at top Ivy grad schools. I swear it feels like 85% of the people come from Ivies or similar. They just sweep.</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.law.harvard.edu/admissions/jd/colleges.php[/url]”>http://www.law.harvard.edu/admissions/jd/colleges.php</a></p>
<p>Ugh! Everyone references that link! Oh well I guess its because its just so powerful.</p>
<p>It seems that the Top 10 schools have 50 to 230 (Harvard) people attending
Ivies have about 40 people attending
The Top 30 have around 20 people attending
Most other schools have closer to 1.</p>
<p>In that respect, there is a huge difference between schools with high ranks and those with low ones.</p>