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<p>^So what? Apparently, all that “advanced courses” at the undergraduate level don’t seem to translate to good Nobel production or better research output. Have you ever wondered why? American education at the undergrad level is more about training your thinking skills and liberal education. In real world, you don’t need all that technical background to succeed and most of the time, you’ll never use them. But you will use your thinking skills constantly. The reality is thinking skills stay with you while most of those technical knowledge fade in memory. Do you really remember what you learned in your thermodynamics? Most people probably forget almost everything and can’t say the 3 laws in plain English. Advanced courses are really just useful for PhD candidates, IMO, and I don’t think you can dispute the level of PhD programs in America. It may be more “favorable” to you to just narrow in a specific field and take more advanced courses there but I am sure most Americans are happy to have more room and freedom for electives.</p>