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<p>True, if by “historically” you mean for one year (Illinois), two years (Michigan), or three (Berkeley) in the early 1980s. For the rest of the 80s and 90s, Berkeley was in the teens and 20s (where it is today), Michigan mostly in the 20s (where it is today), and Illinois mostly in the 30s and 40s (where it is today). HYP were in the top 5 way back then, and still are today. Stanford and MIT were in or slightly out of the top 5 through the 80s and 90s.</p>
<p>Undergraduate education is just that…UNDER.</p>
<p>Once you achieve your graduate studies or doctorate…no one cares or gives two hoots what you study, where and the GPA you received at your undergraduate school.</p>
<p>It will help better prepare you for graduate school and doctorate programs as well as strong foundations in your field if you go to Columbia…</p>
<p>but it doesn’t make too much a difference for a majority of the world.</p>
<p>Top education can be a double edged sword as well. So can one from a regular state school.</p>
<p>NYU has been depending on the field of study.</p>