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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-universities

1. Princeton University
2. Columbia University
2. Harvard University
2. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
5. Yale University
6. Stanford University
6. University of Chicago
8. University of Pennsylvania
9. California Institute of Technology
9. Duke University
9. Johns Hopkins University
9. Northwestern University
13. Dartmouth College
14. Brown University
14. Vanderbilt University
14. Washington University in St. Louis
17. Cornell University
17. Rice University
19. University of Notre Dame
20. University of California, Los Angeles
21. Emory University
22. University of California, Berkeley
23. Georgetown University
23. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
25. Carnegie Mellon University
25. University of Virginia
27. University of Southern California
28. New York University
28. Tufts University
28. University of California, Santa Barbara
28. University of Florida
28. University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
28. Wake Forest University
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My thoughts:  Columbia is not really at the same level as Harvard and MIT.  Chicago is not at the same level as Stanford, which always appears underrated in USNWR.  Hopkins is not at the level of Caltech and Duke.  Why does UCLA continue to be above Berkeley?  What does UCLA do better than Berkeley?  The schools tied at 28 don't really seem any better than schools down around 40 or so.  What would make UCSB better than UCSD or Texas or a number of other schools?  [/quote]

Nobody cares what you and your grandma think. [/quote]

Spot on. Probably means fewer bragging rights for their kids :) [/quote]

As a parent who visited 4 of the schools ranked at 28 in the past three years, I can easily see why those schools are all ranked 31 spots ahead of UMD. Stronger Academics, School Spirit, College Environment (UMD at College Park is a dump), Athletic Programs, Student Clubs, Research Opps/Internships, etc[/quote]

Uhhh... Did you visit Cornell, Notre Dame, Wash U.? Cornell is in one of the most depressing towns with the weirdest, least friendly people on the planet. It's so depressing for a lot of students and the winters are like living in Antarctica, just with a bagel shop nearby. Notre Dame is in a small city that somehow still has massive gang violence problems, is basically a food desert, and whose only claim to fame is an RV factory and like six different crappy pizza places. Tons of poverty. Wash U? Well, you've been to St. Louis right? I went to Cornell and had job offers at Notre Dame and Wash U, so I know what I'm talking about. I didn't just "visit' as a parent. That said, yeah, College Park is trash. But that's not the reason for the rankings discrepancy [/quote]

Why would you choose to go to cornell if you take no pleasure in snow or cold?  That is on you.  Ithaca and the finger lakes are very beautiful but you need to get out in it and not sit around complaining.[/quote]

PhD admissions rates are like 2% in my field, you don't exactly pick and choose among you top 10 favorites[/quote]

Ok.  So sorry you had to suffer though the program at Cornell to which you applied and we're admitted.

IMO..get a warm coat, boots, and hat and get out into the beautiful finger lakes.   It's fantastic.

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