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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]World university rankings: Michigan, 21; Wake Forest, 201.

https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/2017/world-ranking#!/page/0/length/25/name/Wake%20for/sort_by/rank/sort_order/asc/cols/stats[/quote]
Ah, I get it. So one publication ranks WF higher than UMich and that just can’t possibly be right, and one ranks UMich higher and, well, THAT one is obviously right.  Oookay. [/quote]

The world university rankings is super stem heavy and relies on things like the number of articles published in certain scientific journals. Which is important for a hardcore STEM program. But Wake is not a hardcore STEM school. And it does not pretend to be.  No real engineering program, and not a CS or physics powerhouse. Wake shines in providing a liberal arts education. Small classes in the humanities, social sciences, physical sciences, etc. very good at preparing kids for law school, med school, business school and divinity school.  Terrible idea for CS Phd.

So yes, if you want engineering or hardcore STEm, which is what the world rankings measure, Wake is a bad choice. But not every kid is attending college for engineering or hardcore STEM.  —Wake English major, then attorney[/quote]

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