Browna, it sounds like you might have not had the best of times there and it may have colored your opinion somewhat. I graduated the same time as you from MGMT and had a very different opinion of my time there.
Jiri Hirdina hits on a few of the critical differences that are worth repeating. That 1) MRC is an easier transition from High School, and 2) The classic arguments between building knowledge at a University or just teaching practical knowledge to students. (The classic, are you learning how to learn, or just learning?)
Is it better to school them by tough love or hand hold them? I don't know the answer to that, but I can tell you the real world typically goes with the former.
Let's be serious about university though. Really, how much of what we learned in school in our degrees is actually applied at our jobs? How much of it was acquired on the job, either through experience, or training, or the real world way of tossing you into the deep end and letting you figure things out? In the latter situation, I think you'd rather have someone that's figured out how to learn for themselves in all types of conditions, rather than someone that's been hand held a bit more.
Now that said, where you go to school is less of a factor than what you do with it. I'm sure every person here that went to university can recollect some idiot that graduated, and you couldn't believe you both had the same degree. It opens doors but you have to walk through them yourself.
I'm about to interview students from MRC and UofC amongst others and I'm keeping an open mind to both. It's the person and the skills and personality I'm after, not their degree.
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