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Colleges & Universities Cornell University
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<p>I’ve been rummaging through the different undergraduate majors and their respective websites and noticed that the math is substantially sub par compared to…well every other website i’ve seen. I know this may sound silly but studies have shown how marketing alters one’s perception–see Blink by Malcolm Gladwell for further readings-- and their math page has hardly any substance to it.
Compare:</p>

<p>[Cornell</a> Mathematics](<a href=“http://www.math.cornell.edu/]Cornell”>http://www.math.cornell.edu/)</p>

<p>[Mathematics</a> at Dartmouth – Welcome](<a href=“http://math.dartmouth.edu/]Mathematics”>http://math.dartmouth.edu/)</p>

<p>[Department</a> of Mathematics - University of Chicago](<a href=“http://math.uchicago.edu/]Department”>http://math.uchicago.edu/)</p>

<p>[MIT</a> Mathematics](<a href=“http://www-math.mit.edu/]MIT”>http://www-math.mit.edu/)</p>

<p>[Mathematics</a> Department - Princeton University](<a href=“Home | Math”>Home | Math)</p>

<p>I think you get the idea. I’m just not too sure about their math since they post hardly anything on their webpage regarding information.</p>

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<p>department websites are usually subpar…because it’s usually not a web/marketing firm doing the design of it…</p>

<p>you forget that most older professors are technology illiterate and i imagine they dont want to invest money from their dept just to please window shoppers…</p>

<p>besides they way i see it…it’s about SUBSTANCE not image.</p>

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<p>Yeah, it’s a little sick to judge a department based on how pretty their website is.</p>