<p>Faculty. How we compare to our peers depends on the department, of course, but we have the most theoretically productive or founding departments in an almost hilariously large number of fields. I won’t say we are <em>better</em> than HYP, but our undergrad program is hard to beat, and if you study, say, Econ, Sociology, Mathematics, Linguistics or Anthropology among many other things, it would be near-impossible to find a more qualified set of teachers.</p>
<p>This place seems set up to prepare people for academia much more than the ivies, and it shows. Fun is had, but if you dive in to classes, you will be taken seriously by people doing important research. It’s nifty.</p>