<p>MODERATOR’S NOTE:</p>
<p>I am on the verge of closing this thread, because there is a lot of bickering. Please refrain from discussing other posters.</p>
<p>Good point, parentoftwo.</p>
<p>IMO, one can learn, practice and demonstrate critical thinking in small seminar classes with faculty and colleagues. And yes critical thinking, in a different way, can be demonstrated in physics problems/solutions. So there are opportunities to learn and demonstrate these skills in small schools and larger U’s. </p>
<p>IMO, a good school has strong faculty and also a high succes rate for employment or grad school/professional placement after graduation.</p>
<p>I’m sure this issue to some degree depends on where you live as some have pointed out. In our area, state schools aren’t that great and certainly not at the same level as the ivys. Also a lot of the privates are in this same category. There was a significant difference in the level of students where my kid went and where I taught. The material taught was different and the pace was different because the caliber of the student was different.</p>
<p>More bickering (I deleted posts) --------> THREAD CLOSED.</p>