Comments on: The 2 myths getting students into ivy-league schools http://lemire.me/blog/archives/2008/03/13/the-2-myths-that-gets-students-into-heavy-league-schools/ Computer Scientist and Open Scholar: Databases, Information Retrieval, Business Intelligence. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:13:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Adam bossy http://lemire.me/blog/archives/2008/03/13/the-2-myths-that-gets-students-into-heavy-league-schools/comment-page-1/#comment-50226 Adam bossy Mon, 27 Oct 2008 23:13:34 +0000 http://www.daniel-lemire.com/blog/archives/2008/03/13/the-2-myths-that-gets-students-into-heavy-league-schools/#comment-50226 I replied to your comment on my blog, but I am not sure if Wordpress notifies previous posters of replies: http://adambossy.wordpress.com/2008/09/28/dont-attend-a-top-10-school/#comment-27 I replied to your comment on my blog, but I am not sure if WordPress notifies previous posters of replies: http://adambossy.wordpress.com/2008/09/28/dont-attend-a-top-10-school/#comment-27

]]> By: Jonathan Katz http://lemire.me/blog/archives/2008/03/13/the-2-myths-that-gets-students-into-heavy-league-schools/comment-page-1/#comment-49791 Jonathan Katz Wed, 19 Mar 2008 15:57:17 +0000 http://www.daniel-lemire.com/blog/archives/2008/03/13/the-2-myths-that-gets-students-into-heavy-league-schools/#comment-49791 A PS: in computer science, at least, it does seem that quality goes down more quickly (as compared to, say, math) as one looks at lower ranked schools. (Disclaimer: I am talking <em>on average</em>, not in any individual case.) A PS: in computer science, at least, it does seem that quality goes down more quickly (as compared to, say, math) as one looks at lower ranked schools. (Disclaimer: I am talking on average, not in any individual case.)

]]> By: Jonathan Katz http://lemire.me/blog/archives/2008/03/13/the-2-myths-that-gets-students-into-heavy-league-schools/comment-page-1/#comment-49790 Jonathan Katz Wed, 19 Mar 2008 15:55:04 +0000 http://www.daniel-lemire.com/blog/archives/2008/03/13/the-2-myths-that-gets-students-into-heavy-league-schools/#comment-49790 Your comments seem to go a bit too far in the other direction. Sure, professors mainly learn by reading papers and books. But I find it 10x more efficient to have a discussion with a colleague about their paper than to read their paper. At a good school, you will likely have more professors who are experts in their areas, and can do this explaining. Your comments seem to go a bit too far in the other direction.

Sure, professors mainly learn by reading papers and books. But I find it 10x more efficient to have a discussion with a colleague about their paper than to read their paper. At a good school, you will likely have more professors who are experts in their areas, and can do this explaining.

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