Universities are mostly unimportant in terms of what they offer: class sizes, education, curriculum, etc... All mostly bs that doesn't matter.
The real role of universities is to gather together smart people as they develop. This requires mostly a sort of self-selection of applicants, who need to agree independently to go to the same university. Hence rankings, prestige, and all that nonsense.
Universities are mostly unimportant in terms of what they offer: class sizes, education, curriculum, etc... All mostly bs that doesn't matter.
The real role of universities is to gather together smart people as they develop. This requires mostly a sort of self-selection of applicants, who need to agree independently to go to the same university. Hence rankings, prestige, and all that nonsense.