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Originally posted by Rudey
Yes professors from good schools who teach at bad schools are on the whole less qualified and couldn't teach at a better school. Of course there is no absolute but nothing is and at the end of the day it's about about correlations and averages.
And I'll leave you with a couple average statistics:
HBS
-Avg GMAT: 708
-Cost of $78K
-Average financial aid of $45K
-Median starting base salary of $100K (not including bonus and bonuses without business school are usually at least 30K right out of college).
-Median signing bonus $20K (not yearly but signing only)
-Median other compensation $35K
University of Florida
-Avg GMAT: 650
-Cost of $10K to residents and $37K to non residents
-Average financial aid of $96
-Median starting base salary of $58K (not including bank)
-Median signing bonus of $5K
This shows just a bit of the difference in hiring after school and the costs. I don't feel like pulling stats on teachers, alumni, and other students there but obviously the higher test scores, income, and better jobs lend to the correlation that they are smarter at Harvard than at Florida.
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But you see, those figures you just spouted at all of us don't really strengthen your case. All it means is that students at Harvard have, on average, a higher GMAT score, which just means that they know how to take tests better (which we all know doesn't mean you're smarter). Also, it doesn't show us where those grads with the base salary of $100K are located geographically compared to the grads with the base salary of $58K...you have to figure in cost of living differences. Also, how many years of work experience does each grad have? They could receive a higher starting salary because they had more years experience before starting the MBA program.
And just because a professor from a "good school" teaches at a "bad school" doesn't mean it's because they couldn't get a job teaching at a better school. Maybe the school they're teaching at is in a location where they want to be located.
I'm sorry but, you still haven't convinced me. Let's beat this horse a little more.
