What is the difficulty level of the workload, level of thinking, etc between for example, Harvard and Arizona State University?
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First off, I went to Harvard.\nSecond off, I want to respond to the first asnwer on here, who talks about how the "Ivy leage was founded upon traditions of excellend, yada yada yada"\n\nlet me make this clear:\nTHE IVY LEAGUE IS NOTHING MORE THAN AN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE\nThat's all it is.\n"Ivy Leage" does not really mean anything about academics.\n\nIt just happens that all the Ivy League schools are very good.\nBut they are not equal.\nHarvard, Yale, and Princeton are consistently among the top 5 Unversities in the country.\nColumbia, Brown, Princeton, and UPenn are usually in the top 20 or so.\nCornell is not considered as strong.\nThere are several private universities which are better than some of the Ivies, and several State schools which are better than some of the Ivies.\n\nI don't mean to be obtuse about this, but I think the "Ivy League" has kind of a false reputation. People need to realize that all it really means is that those 8 schools compete against each other in sports, and that together, they are not the pinnacle of higher education. People should look at individual schools.\n\nNow, to actually answer your question about workload.\nI didn't actually feel that the workload at Harvard was that particularly difficult. And having spoken to my friends at several othe universities, including big state schools, I really don't think Harvard is any more difficult than they are.\nIn fact, I think some state schools are probably HARDER than Harvard. That's because at Harvard its VERY hard to flunk out. Pretty much the lowest possible grade you can get is a C. No one at Harvard gets Ds or Fs. Why is this? Is it because Harvard students are just naturally smart? Maybe... But many Harvard students, once they reach Harvard, develop bad study habits...just like students anywhere else. Many of them turn in sub-par work. A bad Harvard essay that gets a C could easily get a D or an F at a state school. That's because harvard wants to keep its retention rates and graduation rates high, and because most people are paying lots of money to be there.\nState schools dont care if they flunk people out, because their mission is to education the young people of the state, and there are always lots more who would be happy to take the place of those who flunk out.\n\nThat said, there's a lot of variability. Arizona State is probably easier than Berkeley. \n\nBut professors are professors, and no matter where they teach, they generally expect high quality work of students, or else they hand out poor grades.\n\nSo, in conclusion:\nI think the difference in difficulty between Ivies and state schools is neglible.\n\nRemember, too, that there is a huge range in difficulty between different departments within the same university.\nScience and engineering tends to be harder in grading than humanities. Thats a fact, whether you're talking about Harvard OR Arizona State.
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Huge mistake.\n\nOnline degrees are not yet given the same credence that "brick-and-mortar" degrees have earned. Academia looks askance at these degrees, and most mainstream employers feel the same way.\n\nTry to transfer credits from U of Phoenix.  It is unlikely that CSUF will take all of them (if any). \n\nYour best bet is to get in touch with CSUF and ask if any of your U of Phoenix credits will transfer.  If they will, then great.  Transfer them in when you get readmitted to CSUF, and finish your degree there.  If not, then you've just learned a big lesson about the value of online education.  \n\nPerhaps in the future this may change.  However, we're not at that point yet.
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University of Phoenix is an leading remote learning college. It has campus all over the nation whenever you have to attend some weekend classes. check out your area and see if such an arrangement exists.
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Hi there, I just wanted to comment on the Stats and Calc thing: I have a few friends who are taking both and they seem to be doing fine.  they all have A's in both.  I am taking 4 AP's this year and one independant study AP class as a senior and i'm not having too hard of a time.  here are my classes just in case you want to know:\n\nAP Environmental Science\nAP English Literature and Composition\nAP Art History\nAP Microeconomics\nAP Human Geography (Independant Study)\n\nI have previously taken:\nAP European History\nAP US History\nAP Psychology\nAP US Government and Politics\n\nI think you should be fine, and feel free to ask if you have any questions on the classes I took.  Adios!
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I'd have to say A&M, although I'm biased because I went there. I wasn't an architecture major, but I'm interested in it and I enjoyed taking an architecture class and independent study project there. I had a friend who did arcitecture there who is in grad school at Yale now, so they seem to prepare people well. I don't know much about the other school, although Chicago does have some historic influence in architecture.
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Georgia STate University has an excellent MBA program, it is ranked 8th in the nation, this is impressive because it is ranked up there with private universities and GSU is public.  I am working on my degree at GSU. It's a Mercedes education for the price of a Geo.
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MIT\n\nsee the link for more info
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Ok.\nOnline there are various university courses, and you can check Unif. of Phoenix online.\n\nCheck out all universities near you....a college is 4 year degree, a University has master's+ programs.\n\nBest of luck.
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##################################################################################################################\nhere ya go!\nUniversity of Phoenix \nCapella University \nJohns Hopkins University \nStrayer University \nUniversity of Maryland \nAmerican InterContinental University (AIU) \nLiberty University \nWestwood College \nColorado Technical University \nCalifornia Medical Institute \n\n(the number one leading school is in Cleveland, Ohio Case Wester Reserve University) VERY VERY VERY the most difficult school to get in
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Univ. of Massachusetts at Amherst\nhttp://www.umass.edu/architecture/
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hmmm, thats difficult, it really depends on how good the Uni is for your subject. See it may be a good uni but it may be rubbish for your course.
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Here it is, by the US News and World Report, Princeton University is the best in the nation  ties only with Harvard. Pretty darn prestigious. Not only is the education incredible, but the ties that students receive last a lifetime and will always prove valuable.
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One of my student is preparing GMAT for admission in some university of UK. The topic (Supplies chain) is the same  the student is also willing to PhD in this subject. I cal tell you detaled information tomorrow. Today he is to come to take test in the evenning.
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Depends on the University and the program, they are all different and measure units differently.  Northwestern measures units as individual classes so one class equals one credit, while other schools measure a credit hour based on how many hours of class you have each week in that class and so on.  For associates typically, 60 hours, Bachelors 120 hours.  A masters depends on the program and where you go.  A lot of masters degrees are 24-30 hours beyond a Bachelors but you can't take the same amount of classes at a time.  A Ph.D. can take from 3-7 years depending on the degree and program beyond your masters.  It all depends in what and where you go.
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I've never heard of it, and I live in PA and have several post-grad degrees.\n\nName recognition is definitely a factor to consider when choosing a school.  When you're looking for employment, it's going to be a lot easier if you can drop a name like Harvard.
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Recently all three of the Universities in Arizona have had to choose a mandate (so that they don't have to use scarce state funds in competition with each other).  NAU decided to focus on forestry (big surprise).  Tempe Normal (now referred to as ASU) became "the school for the masses."  And UofA became the institute for higher learning (meaning that it would focus on more difficult fields such as science, engineering, mathematics, medicine...).\n\nUofA has quality instructors in every department and does a lot of high end research (from biotechnology to optics to space science to wildlife).  In fact, NASA has us on speed-dial (the most recent pictures of Mars come through the UofA to be processed).
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http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/grad/rankings/hea/brief/pha_brief.php