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[quote=Anonymous]I'm not sure if I would trust a Chinese ranking of world universities.

I'm an Ivy alum, both undergrad and grad, and know there's more to a great college/university education than so called rankings. Most rankings are tied to the quality of research output and many of not most of the school's undergraduates have next to no relationship with that (graduate level is a different topic). I had world famous professors who were terrible teachers, and other professors who had no prestige but who were fabulous teachers and I learned much more from them.

When the time comes I'm strongly encouraging my kids to look at liberal arts colleges rather than brand name universities.

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am English, and am telling my kids to go to University in the UK anyway, because[b] the education is better.[/b] I just don't know if they will be able to get in anywhere good after going through the system here.[/quote]

Only people from the UK think UK colleges and universities are better.  Cambridgea and Oxford are world class schools, but they are still behind a number of US institutions.

http://www.shanghairanking.com/ARWU2015.html[/quote]

The Oxbridge tutorial style of instruction is a wonderful approach to learning. I would be thrilled to send a child to Oxbridge just for that reason alone. [/quote]

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