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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Let me correct your lists:[quote=Anonymous]Here are other rankings:

QS Top Universities

1 Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) 		
2 Stanford University 		
3 Harvard University 		
4 California Institute of Technology (Caltech)	
5 University of Oxford	
6 ETH Zurich - Swiss Federal Institute of Technology		
7 University of Cambridge 		
8 Imperial College London 		
9 University of Chicago 		
10 UCL 
[b]152 University of Maryland
247 University of Virginia[/b]

Academic Ranking of World Universities

1 Harvard University
2 Stanford University
3 University of Cambridge
4 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
5 University of California, Berkeley
6 Princeton University	
7 Columbia University	
8 California Institute of Technology (Caltech)
9 University of Oxford
10 University of Chicago
[b]53 University of Maryland
151-200 University of Virginia[/b]

USNWR

1 Harvard University
2 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
3 Stanford University
4 University of California, Berkeley
5 University of Oxford
6 California Institute of Technology (Caltech)
7 Columbia
8 Princeton
9 University of Cambridge
10 University of Washington
[b]51 University of Maryland
107 University of Virginia[/b][/quote]
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What is the criteria? Why would UC Berkeley and UW rank so high, and UVA so low? That seems odd. [/quote]

There is usually a significant component of these rankings that is based on the volume, quality, and influence of research and publications coming from these universities.  UVA isn't as strong across the board as a school like Berkeley.  This isn't really relevant to the quality of undergraduate education in my opinion.  [/quote]

I think you are right [/quote]

+1 I think the relationship between research activity and strength of undergraduate education is one of those *just right* things.  Too little and the profs aren't up to date, there aren't the dynamic research community events like conferences, guest lectures, etc., there's not a connected network to grad programs etc.  But too much and the profs have all their time bought out, have stables of grad assistants on their projects etc. and leave undergrads on the periphery.

But research universities add a lot of value besides undergrad ed--they are knowledge/culture centers that create and support a lot of what we value in communities.  So I think these rankings can have value, but not that much relevance to choosing a college for your undergrad education.[/quote]

Send your kids to GMU. I hear they don't do much research.[/quote]

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