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Re:Do Elite Colleges Lead to Higher Salaries? Only for Some ... by rifung on Monday February 01, 2016 @05:30PM (#11016118)
I suspect it's not true. I've had several courses where the instructors had to slow down because students were complaining that things were moving too fast or they were too difficult.

I can't say I know for sure but I imagine if this were MIT or Caltech, the students would not be complaining and instead study harder to make sure they could keep up. On the other hand, they probably wouldn't have trouble keeping up.

I didn't go to a top 10 school but a top 15 CS program for what it's worth.

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Re:Do Elite Colleges Lead to Higher Salaries? Only for Some ... by Symbiote on Tuesday February 02, 2016 @03:14AM (#11018192)
At the elite universities in Britain, the students would be expected to raise this in a session with their tutor. That's in a group if 2-4, and generally only exists at the best places.

Presumably the tutors discuss this, and if everyone is having trouble it's raised with the lecturer. I think it happened once, and a couple if extra lectures / whole class tutorials were set.

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Re:Do Elite Colleges Lead to Higher Salaries? Only for Some ... by hodwik on Monday February 01, 2016 @08:50PM (#11017195)
You should really be worried when the students aren't complaining that things are going too fast.
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