re: Which SEC school brings the least to the conference?

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Nor do they accurately or adequately convey the actual quality of education available at MSU and OM.

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This is something that I've always found funny. As if some schools have monopolies on certain areas of knowledge or expertise.

You wanna know why Harvard Law School is the best law school in America? It's not because they have some magical understanding of legal philosophy or courtroom procedure, or have exclusive access to certain tomes of infallible knowledge.

It's because they've been around for a long time, have access to a worldwide network of employers, and have a brand that their students are able to capitalize upon. Furthermore, it's not as if the students they accept would be completely clueless without their Harvard educations - they were all really goddamn smart to begin with.

That's why saying "so-and-so has better academics" than somebody else is a bit misleading, because it's not like it's something that can be at all proven or explained. Now, if you're going into a educational field whose courses would benefit from a lot of money (such as mechanical engineering or robotics) then I could see the argument being made, because having access to equipment is important. But, outside of that, most universities have very similar educational qualities, all of which is contingent upon the students making the most of it, and not necessarily the university conferring knowledge.