This is essentially what I was trying to get at. I think people have many misconceptions when it comes to different tiers of education, it might be a topic worth some research.
I think more people that go to Ivies are hard workers then have so much natural ability that it doesn't require much work. Nowadays you have to be doing multiple extra curricular activities and qualifying for summer programs, etc.
My uni (Wisconsin), in the engineering program, apply some old philosophy of a ratio of time in class to time in lab. It's something like 50/50 or 40/60, I think a lot of students prefer it that way.
Battery research of some sort. please. If an iphone could last just 1 week without a charge and that stayed that way for 5 years. It would sell me over android EASY
My machine org professor plans on teaching it this semester because employers in the area are preferring it. I was surprised by how many people knew it already.
Look at how rust changes when you select age. The younger people are the more they dislike it, and it even goes negative at the lowest bracket (and in total)