Anonymous
Post 09/17/2017 19:01     Subject: USNWR College Rankings 2018 - Reactions?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I'm only truly interested or impressed by Harvard , Princeton, Yale, MIT, Hopkins, Annapolis, West Point , Stanford.

Those are the eight indespensable national treasures all for different reasons. All the others are just a mishmash.


First, it's interested in, not interested by. Second, Hopkins? Really?


The best medical school and most massive research budget by a huge margin. The United States has decided it is indespensable.



We're discussing undergraduate schools here.
Anonymous
Post 09/17/2017 18:59     Subject: USNWR College Rankings 2018 - Reactions?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I'm only truly interested or impressed by Harvard , Princeton, Yale, MIT, Hopkins, Annapolis, West Point , Stanford.

Those are the eight indespensable national treasures all for different reasons. All the others are just a mishmash.


First, it's interested in, not interested by. Second, Hopkins? Really?


The best medical school and most massive research budget by a huge margin. The United States has decided it is indespensable.


And it probably has pp for an alum or the parent of a current student. I suspect personal connections are a common denominator for all the posters making extreme declarations in favor of Notre Dame, Pomona, CalTech, and so on....
Anonymous
Post 09/17/2017 18:56     Subject: USNWR College Rankings 2018 - Reactions?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I'm only truly interested or impressed by Harvard , Princeton, Yale, MIT, Hopkins, Annapolis, West Point , Stanford.

Those are the eight indespensable national treasures all for different reasons. All the others are just a mishmash.


First, it's interested in, not interested by. Second, Hopkins? Really?


The best medical school and most massive research budget by a huge margin. The United States has decided it is indespensable.


Hopkins doesn't really have the best medical school. Harvard does. Hopkins is not even the established #2, but it is sure in the established top 5 along with Stanford, Penn and UCSF.

I agree with above Hopkins is way out of place when mentioned alongside Harvard, Stanford, MIT, Princeton and Yale. Not even close.
Anonymous
Post 09/17/2017 18:42     Subject: USNWR College Rankings 2018 - Reactions?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I'm only truly interested or impressed by Harvard , Princeton, Yale, MIT, Hopkins, Annapolis, West Point , Stanford.

Those are the eight indespensable national treasures all for different reasons. All the others are just a mishmash.


First, it's interested in, not interested by. Second, Hopkins? Really?


The best medical school and most massive research budget by a huge margin. The United States has decided it is indespensable.
Anonymous
Post 09/17/2017 18:13     Subject: USNWR College Rankings 2018 - Reactions?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Call me absurdly elitist but I am only truly impressed by Harvard, Stanford, MIT these days. Yale and Princeton are simply weaker and less prestigious versions of the first three.


You are absurdly elitist. Happy to help!

You are also significantly misinformed.

Yale and Princeton both deliver an undergraduate experience that far surpasses Harvard's.


+1 I'd happily turn down both Harvard and Stanford for the undergraduate focus of Yale and Princeton

I love how those who never attended top schools feel the need to compensate by being elitist. Ask ANY student currently enrolled at Stanford/Yale/Princeton/Harvard and they'd tell you that all those and more are comparable schools.


They are comparable schools for sure but while Harvard and Stanford have yields over 80%, Yale barely touches 70% and Princeton always stays below 70%. There is a clear difference in desirability and prestige there. Also the Harvard and Stanford brands are clearly superior.


The difference is likely due to international students, particularly from Asia.
Anonymous
Post 09/17/2017 17:44     Subject: USNWR College Rankings 2018 - Reactions?
Anonymous wrote:... And maaayyyybeee Notre Dame.


Nope. Sorry.
Anonymous
Post 09/17/2017 17:43     Subject: USNWR College Rankings 2018 - Reactions?
Anonymous wrote:I'm only truly interested or impressed by Harvard , Princeton, Yale, MIT, Hopkins, Annapolis, West Point , Stanford.

Those are the eight indespensable national treasures all for different reasons. All the others are just a mishmash.


First, it's interested in, not interested by. Second, Hopkins? Really?
Anonymous
Post 09/17/2017 14:06     Subject: USNWR College Rankings 2018 - Reactions?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Call me absurdly elitist but I am only truly impressed by Harvard, Stanford, MIT these days. Yale and Princeton are simply weaker and less prestigious versions of the first three.


You are absurdly elitist. Happy to help!

You are also significantly misinformed.

Yale and Princeton both deliver an undergraduate experience that far surpasses Harvard's.


+1 I'd happily turn down both Harvard and Stanford for the undergraduate focus of Yale and Princeton

I love how those who never attended top schools feel the need to compensate by being elitist. Ask ANY student currently enrolled at Stanford/Yale/Princeton/Harvard and they'd tell you that all those and more are comparable schools.


They are comparable schools for sure but while Harvard and Stanford have yields over 80%, Yale barely touches 70% and Princeton always stays below 70%. There is a clear difference in desirability and prestige there. Also the Harvard and Stanford brands are clearly superior.
Anonymous
Post 09/17/2017 10:19     Subject: USNWR College Rankings 2018 - Reactions?
People do know they history of these rankings, right?

USNAWR and similar companies made these rankings because magazine sales were down.....
Anonymous
Post 09/17/2017 09:43     Subject: Re:USNWR College Rankings 2018 - Reactions?
Here's some other ratings. Interestingly two local community colleges are on the list.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/here-are-some-new-top-20-schools-virginia-tech-and-montgomery-college/2017/09/01/a7476fe2-8e83-11e7-84c0-02cc069f2c37_story.html?utm_term=.13aad0cf3171#comments
Anonymous
Post 09/16/2017 16:10     Subject: USNWR College Rankings 2018 - Reactions?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Call me absurdly elitist but I am only truly impressed by Harvard, Stanford, MIT these days. Yale and Princeton are simply weaker and less prestigious versions of the first three.


You are absurdly elitist. Happy to help!

You are also significantly misinformed.

Yale and Princeton both deliver an undergraduate experience that far surpasses Harvard's.


+1 I'd happily turn down both Harvard and Stanford for the undergraduate focus of Yale and Princeton

I love how those who never attended top schools feel the need to compensate by being elitist. Ask ANY student currently enrolled at Stanford/Yale/Princeton/Harvard and they'd tell you that all those and more are comparable schools.
Anonymous
Post 09/16/2017 15:15     Subject: USNWR College Rankings 2018 - Reactions?
Anonymous wrote:Call me absurdly elitist but I am only truly impressed by Harvard, Stanford, MIT these days. Yale and Princeton are simply weaker and less prestigious versions of the first three.


You are absurdly elitist. Happy to help!

You are also significantly misinformed.

Yale and Princeton both deliver an undergraduate experience that far surpasses Harvard's.
Anonymous
Post 09/16/2017 11:57     Subject: USNWR College Rankings 2018 - Reactions?
Call me absurdly elitist but I am only truly impressed by Harvard, Stanford, MIT these days. Yale and Princeton are simply weaker and less prestigious versions of the first three.
Anonymous
Post 09/16/2017 11:02     Subject: USNWR College Rankings 2018 - Reactions?
... And maaayyyybeee Notre Dame.
Anonymous
Post 09/16/2017 11:01     Subject: USNWR College Rankings 2018 - Reactions?
I'm only truly interested or impressed by Harvard , Princeton, Yale, MIT, Hopkins, Annapolis, West Point , Stanford.

Those are the eight indespensable national treasures all for different reasons. All the others are just a mishmash.