<p>Could you back up your claim, specifically with respect to MIT?</p>
<p>As a current MIT student and former CSULA student (I spend two terms there in 2008), I found CSULA easier than my high school (which was a very decent high school, though not by MIT standards) - and I’ve found MIT to be something of a wonderful academic hell. I took CSULA’s hard intro chemistry class (one designed for engineers) and MIT’s standard chemistry class (meaning, not the theoretically advanced one). I found the second much harder than the first. Whereas at Calstate LA we would have something like 25 more algebraic questions to answer for each session of class, MIT has much more difficult theory even in the normal class. You can’t memorize and punch out numbers in MIT classes. Hell, a lot of the psets don’t have numbers at all.</p>
<p>Moreover, it’s always an experience to show my friends at other institutions my psets - many things that can be easily found freely on OCW. My friends are often astounded by the stuff I’m doing. These are friends at UCLA, Cal Poly Pomona, Harvey Mudd, etc. </p>
<p>So, from first-hand and second-hand experience, I’ll say that I think your claim is bull. At least, if broadly applied to include MIT.</p>
<p>And you get the same education from a good private high school as you would at a public school in south Bronx or Bed-Sty. It’s a standardized curriculum, right?</p>
<p>I live near NYIT. Grew up here. Until I was around college age, I thought all schools with Tech in the name were crap, largely due to the reputation of New York Tech. I thought it was like Apex Tech or one of those other infomercial places. As I got older I realized it’s not all that bad, even had some friends who went there. However, to mention it in the same breath as MIT is ridiculous. Frankly, if you list all the schools with Tech in the name, NYIT probably doesn’t make the top 100.</p>
<p>Though in general “elite” status doesn’t mean the curriculum is deeper or more difficult, it is true in MIT’s case. There are only a few schools that are truly comparable. Caltech and Berkeley come to mind. In general, Berkeley is probably harder than any ivy, so your sentiment that a public can be just as rigorous or moreso is sometimes true.</p>
<p>I don’t know anything about NYIT specifically.</p>
@ssad0763 That bad? I would hesitate to call any college or university bad.
I guess it depends on what you’re trying to measure. Perhaps you’re looking to get a job right outside of college. NYiT looks good for that (they brag about it). Maybe you’re looking for low tuition. I don’t know, but you can’t just call something good or bad unless they’re exploiting you.
Also this thread is like 11 years old? Pretty sure I was just a fetus.