<p>Academic rigor depends on the student, not the UG. There are various levels of every class that you can take. As an example the same school may have different levels of the first Chem. class. One needs to be able to place as high as possible (D’s Chem level depended on her Math palcement score) and also should be able to choose. There are Honors Chem, Chem for Engineering majors…etc. Many classes ahve options. Again, some are determined on your placement score, so another example is Foreign language. You can place (as an example) right into 3rd year of college Foreign language, which is plenty rigorous for any HS’er at any college who is not a native speaker. The list of examples can go on and on. To prove this point further, this fact is one reason why (again as an example), Medical Schools do not care about UG that applicant graduated from, they care only about college GPA (all pre-med have to complete certain set of Med. School pre-reqs) and MCAT score. These numbers pu all applicants on the equl footing so to speak. So regor is up to you, not the UG that you are planning to attend.</p>