College Rankings?

[DielsAlder]

Do you argee with these college rankings?
USNEWS

 

[aphex]

For Doctoral?

Sure, why not...

WOOOHOOO - 19. University of Florida

 

[DielsAlder]

Originally posted by: aphexII
For Doctoral?

Sure, why not...

WOOOHOOO - 19. University of Florida

Well at least it's not number 28.

 

[Supermercado]

Yay, #39. Hehehe.

 

[aphex]

Wow, my undergraduate business school is ranked #23 in the nation... Not too shabby

 

[arod]

Well mines ranked #15.. although I'm not in the graduate program yet anyways...

 

[NeoMadHatter]

i don't know, it's for doctoral, so i haven't really looked at it. good luck though.
yea, maryland, movin' on up in the world.

 

[StattlichPassat]

#1 is Berkeley?!? <barfs all over computer desk>

 

[StattlichPassat]

Originally posted by: arod
Well mines ranked #15.. although I'm not in the graduate program yet anyways...

WHOOP!!! I probably won't go farther than a Masters or MBA though. Ah well. Gig 'Em!

 

[FrontlineWarrior]

UCLA is #1 in every category that matters. Source: ME and my opinion.

 

[BaliBabyDoc]

Such broad rankings are essentially useless to an individual. If you were looking for an elite School of Public Health you wouldn't bother with Berkeley, UVA, or UCLA. Ann Arbor is decent but UNC is head of the class with Hopkins and Harvard. Analytical/Inorganic chemistry is also a Chapel Hill gem. Berkeley and Ann Arbor certainly have more elite doctoral programs than others but unless you plan to get more than one PhD . . . who cares?!

Another issue is that there are plenty of "elite" programs that bite. You get the wrong advisor/PI, decide you hate the city, decide you hate your peers . . . rankings are useful to get a general idea about programs. But you would be better served by investing time into contacting graduate students at these programs and visiting to see what they are really like.

 

[aphex]

Originally posted by: NightFlyerGTI
#1 is Berkeley?!? <barfs all over computer desk>

Clean that up, i can smell it from here :Q

 

[StattlichPassat]

I... I can't help it... it's freaking <RALLLLLPH>, <spit>, Berkeley!

 

[HellRaiserandBeerDrinker]

These Are Better

 

[tigerbait]

Originally posted by: HellRaiserandBeerDrinker
These Are Better

yep, these are the ones that matter

 

[AznMaverick]

I'm embarrassed that i go to the University of Hawaii

 

[dafatha00]

Give it up for Davis =) top 10 baby!

 

[Darein]

Can't argue with 13, well other than the huge, huge school, hehe.

 

[udonoogen]

Originally posted by: NightFlyerGTI
#1 is Berkeley?!? <barfs all over computer desk>

hey buddy. i dont make fun of your school. dont make fun of mine.

 

[Hubris]

Originally posted by: udonoogen

Originally posted by: NightFlyerGTI
#1 is Berkeley?!? <barfs all over computer desk>

hey buddy. i dont make fun of your school. dont make fun of mine.

Pfft. What do you care what he thinks? Grow a thicker skin. Last I checked, OPINIONS weren't outlawed. Well, maybe at Berkeley if they don't agree with the ultra-liberal.

 

[brtspears2]

UC Riverside, in a giant tie for #28.....whoopie......

 

[RichieZ]

For public schools I'd say the rankings are pretty fair, but overall (including private schools) Berkeley should be higher than #20 but I don't feel they are #1.

I go to the school tied for #12 overall

 

[ucdnam]

If you're going for your doctorate, then the people in your field know which schools are good for what, so it doesn't really matter where it's ranked.

If it's just a BS/BA thing, well, school name recognition matters in the region that it's located. I have a degree from UCD and it goes a long way here in California, but when I went out east, people don't know about the UC school system, so I have to tell them "well, there's UCB (Cal), UCLA, UCSF, UCSD, UCD, UCI,....."

Of course, if you go to a school for a chump major, it renders everything invalid

 

[ElFenix]

these rankings are far too broad to be meaningful. and the undergrad ones are there only to reaffirm the public notion that harvard, princeton, and yale are the 3 best schools in the country.

 

[minendo]

Purdue representin'

-minendo