<p>Taking classes together is nice but not getting the same credentials is the reason I didn’t want Radcliffe (and who knows if I would have been accepted, even if finances were no issue). If, as a woman, I was getting the same education I should get the same diploma. I never had an east coast mentality. That story above about location and prestige is so revealing. It would be interesting to see students from many schools known in the east to come to the Midwest and try to flaunt their schools- and receive blank looks. “Everybody” knows varies with location.</p>