<p>I agree that she’s not ‘very well’ informed. (not like anyone on CC) Perhaps it was my mistake for giving that impression. However, she was slightly more informed than a layman would be. Like she knew of JHU, but had never heard of Michigan, Virginia, UNC, etc. (pretty sure she didn’t know of Duke or Rice either.) All she really mentioned were the HYPSM, UCLA, USC, Berkeley, and a few other privates (the only surprising one she told me was Boston University.)</p>
<p>Neither UCLA or Michigan is leaps-and-bounds ahead of the other. When everything is taken into consideration, they’re probably equals.</p>