<p>I’m kind of with PrincessDad on that one. One of the reasons I wanted MIT so badly was because of the people who were teaching there - and that the access to them was open. The people responsible for cutting edge things were also teaching the classes, not the TA’s.</p>
<p>I recently watched the documentary on the start of Google where so many of the initial staff were from Stamford. Sometimes its about critical mass of brain trust.</p>
<p>You can excel from anywhere. A lot of well known leaders in business and government aren’t products of well-known schools.</p>
<p>Still – the opportunity to work with those who invented the process (my sister, for instance, studied under Doc Edgerton and her love of photography just soared after that) is compelling.</p>
<p>Not the be all and end all, certainly. But most wouldn’t turn down the chance if offered.</p>