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Well, the real answer is that you learn roughly the same quality of things no matter what college you go to, not that you don't learn anything anywhere, just that Harvard College's distinguishing factor is not its education vs. UMass-Amhert, it is the admission process itself.

Neither of our statements re:admission is exactly correct, but what I meant is that admissions wasn't anywhere near being fair until at least the early 1960s (and that's being generous to Harvard), so the 60 years I was referring to was from 1900-1960. Buuuut, that's not quite right because when Eliot was President things were a little more competitive, but whatever.



SO...why on earth do you think that it's lying to say you have a degree from Columbia U if it's "only" from the General Studies program.

Did you know that Columbia will hand you a masters degree in Electrical Engineering or Chemical Engineering even if you've never set foot in New York?

http://www.cvn.columbia.edu/

Are those guys (those who earned their degree over the Internet) fakers too?




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