OT: World Reputation Rankings 2015. UM #19
11 B1G schools make the list of top 100 in the world with Michigan leading the pack. Go Blue!
Michigan #19
Illinois #30
Wisconsin #38
Northwestern #47
#61 < PSU < #70
#71 < MSU, Purdue, Rutgers, Minnesota < #80
#81 < OSU < #90
#91 < Maryland < #100
http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/world-university-rankings/2015/reputation-ranking/range/01-50
Meh, Pitt and PSU (at least now) are relatively closely ranked academically. Remember, PSU is in bumfuck nowhere, so they lack the advantages of a city being within a 3 hour (seriously) drive. Pitt's Med School and Med programs (I'd bet undergrad as well) are far superior, law school is equal, though PSU (main at least) has superior undergrad academics/ammenities/environment.
I would think UVa and VTech are comparable. Though the athletics are somewhat switched on that point (at least recently for football, never basketball).
March 12th, 2015 at 12:31 PM ^
You're overlooking many. Off the top of my head:
UNC v Duke
UCLA v USC
Georgia v GTech
Georgetown v George Washington
Kentucky v Louisville
American higher education system is so stacked *__*
These surveys pop up every couple of months, and in almost all of them it comes out that America is full of ignorant savages. And yet, the metrics and methodologies are always a bit more muddled than the article makes them out to be.
One thing is true. A lot more competitive in Canada. Getting into med school in Ontario is much harder than it is in Michigan.
Can't argue your point as you live there and I do not, but on the east coast everyone knows the Michigan reputation well.
Yeah, I was going to say the same thing. I worked with a couple of people from California, and they made some big deal about how one had gone to Cal and the other to UCLA, and our boss basically said he didn't care. Colleges are pretty provincial in their reach, but I agree that east of Chicago at least everyone seems to treat UM as one of the "acceptable" midwest schools.
It might be because you still had your shades on and they couldn't tell if you were serious.
March 11th, 2015 at 10:14 PM ^
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March 11th, 2015 at 10:56 PM ^
It's not that much different in any state other than Michigan. Yes, UM is a good public school. No, it generally doesn't impress people that you went there.
Quit being a dick to people and you'll find they are interested. Personally, people ask me about Michigan all the time.
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because there is no way in hades that schools like UW (washington) and the UCSD, UC-Davis, and UCSF schools should be anywhere near the top 50. same with the illini.
March 11th, 2015 at 11:22 PM ^
My friend who played in the NFL for seven years, now a successful attorney, introduced me to his son, who had just graduated from Harvard and was going on to medical school. Nice young man; actually played football for Harvard.
I smiled, shook his hand and said, "Well, if you couldn't get into Michigan, Harvard is a good fall back plan."
March 11th, 2015 at 11:50 PM ^
I am surprised Iowa and Indiana didn't make the cut over MSU and Rutgers. Both are pretty good schools. I know Iowa medical school is well regarded, and Indiana business school is a small notch below Ross. I think Michigan's ranking is appropriate, but I think there is an argument it could be higher on the list, considering where Berkeley is.
March 12th, 2015 at 12:42 AM ^
I used Bloomberg rankings
Ross is only 9th? Geez, after speaking to all those Ross students, I legitimately thought it was consistently top 5 if not higher.
March 12th, 2015 at 12:57 AM ^
#11.
And in 1905 the Maroons proclaimed themselves "Champions of the West" (first pic) after edging out their Hated Rival, Michigan, for the Western Conference title (second pic).
Michigan at Chicago in 1905, the biggest game the West had seen to that point. 27,000 watched 11-0 Chicago give 12-1 Michigan their first loss in 5 years, and score the only points Michigan gave up in 1905, winning 2-0 on a late safety.
A football game ending 2-0 is infinitely worse than any other sporting event ever played. Good lord that must've been boring. There's more action in one person playing ball-and-cup.
and that game ended Michigan's FIVE YEAR WINNING STREAK. Huh, what, five years?! No wonder Yost was/is a demi-god.
Who needs constant electronic video stimulation when there's Ball in a Cup, Mexico's favorite toy for over 340 years! Toss the ball, catch it in the cup, dump it out of the cup, toss it, and catch it in the cup again. The ball is on a string and attached to the cup, so there's no worry if you don't catch the ball in the cup, and clean-up is as easy as catching a ball in a cup! So why spend another day not catching a ball in a cup when you could be catching a ball in a cup?
Jumped on the ole' RogerGoodell/NBA..I mean NFL.../ point-a-minute with fireworks bandwagon, huh? A little hard hitting defense and wars in the trenches never hurt!
D-FENSE! D-FENSE!
March 12th, 2015 at 11:36 AM ^
but I'm very surprised U of Toronto is so much higher than McGill.
Sacre bleu! What say you, MGoCanadians, eh?