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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Oxford is number one. Again.

https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/2023/world-ranking

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Times Higher Education is known to be biased towards UK schools since it's a UK-based publication. N[b]o one believes Oxford is greater than Harvard anymore, it just isn't. [/b]Also, what is likely more relevant for us is their US Undergraduate Rankings which they also have.[/quote]

Strongly disagree.  I went to Harvard.  DD is at Oxford[/quote]
I am sorry your daughter could not get into Harvard.[/quote]

If you're that immature, you should not be contributing. The rest of us know that both are top notch universities. [/quote]

Both are top notch indeed, but from another international forum:

"Hi OP i'm from SG as well, from one of Hwa Chong/Raffles and heading to HYPSM. I find your list interesting but it doesn't seem to reflect the sentiments from my school and my group of friends

Tier 1: HYPSM, wharton, caltech, Trinity College Cambridge Mathematics

Tier 2: Oxbridge, Duke, Upenn, Columbia, Cornell (maybe), CMU CS

Tier 3: Cornell, Uchicago, Berkeley

Tier 4: Northwestern, Brown, Dartmouth, CMU

Tier 5 and below: Imperial, UCL, LSE, NYU etc

This is generally what my school believes, I base this on my school's matriculation data and the number of applicants to each school from the past 5 years and how many actually get in.

HYPSM, wharton and caltech are clearly on top. Oxbridge is a clear tier 2, I do not know a single person (out of 20+) who matriculated into Oxbridge after getting into ANY US t20. Based on my friends in the other institution, this seems to be the case as well. The only possible argument for oxbridge being tier 1 is if you are doing math at trinity college, for obvious reasons.

Uchicago, Northwestern, and Dartmouth aren't very popular at all, almost no one applies to them from here.

Any non oxbridge UK uni is a tier below any US t20, since the selectivity is miles different.

One thing to note is to look at the selectivity of each institution before placing them into tiers. Non oxbridge UK unis just require good grades and that's it. Oxbridge requires good grades + competency in your chosen subject. A US t20, and especially t10, require the same grades, competency, and insane extracurriculars. That's how we see it here"[/quote]

Sounds like SG means Singapore here? That’s pretty relevant since it’s one of the most academically inclined and gifted countries. Plus Oxford and Cambridge (Oxbridge) get a very large number of it students from other countries compared to US schools.[/quote]

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