Best, most prestigious school in the world?

[aerether]

Originally Posted by moolala

Cambridge > Oxford

US Undergrad:

Harvard
Stanford
Yale
Princeton
UPenn Wharton
Dartmouth
Cal Tech
Cornell
Brown

berkeley, u of m, notre dame, northwestern, chicago, etc are in there as well.

University of Phoenix is legit also

http://web.mit.edu/

 

[Another New Yorker]

Originally Posted by moolala

Cambridge > Oxford

US Undergrad:

Harvard
Stanford
Yale
Princeton
UPenn Wharton
Dartmouth
Cal Tech
Cornell
Brown

berkeley, u of m, notre dame, northwestern, chicago, etc are in there as well.

University of Phoenix is legit also
We seem to be forgetting Columbia here. And MIT as some one else pointed out. But if you're going to include small specialized technical schools like Cal Tech(that are certainly superb--my father got his PHD there), then I feel like Williams and Amherst also deserve a mention. And I think if you're going to say UPenn Wharton, then Georgetown Foreign Service and International Relations programs easily make the list.

 

[MetroStyles]

Originally Posted by Another New Yorker

We seem to be forgetting Columbia here. And MIT as some one else pointed out. But if you're going to include small specialized technical schools like Cal Tech(that are certainly superb--my father got his PHD there), then I feel like Williams and Amherst also deserve a mention. And I think if you're going to say UPenn Wharton, then Georgetown Foreign Service and International Relations programs easily make the list.
I'd rank Columbia behind: Harvard Stanford Yale Princeton UPenn Wharton (but not UPenn) Cal Tech MIT

 

[Connemara]

I'm pretty sure that any person can get a very good education at a Top 100 university in America. They need to try though.

I don't know why I'm posting this in the prestige threak.

 

[MetroStyles]

Originally Posted by Connemara

I'm pretty sure that any person can get a very good education at a Top 100 university in America. They need to try though.

I don't know why I'm posting this in the prestige threak.

lol @ college being for education

 

[Etienne]

There is no such thing as a global civil society. As such I don't see how you can claim to answer globally. Your answer will depend on the country you consider: Harvard in the US, Oxford or Cambridge in the UK, X or Normale Sup (or maybe ENA) in France, Todai in Japan, IIT in India, etc.

That being said, I have to agree with the people who quoted my alma mater, of course.

Originally Posted by JustinW

Ecole Normale Super
Indeed.

Originally Posted by gdl203

In France, Normale Sup, X and ENA are the most prestigious.
Yup.

 

[JLibourel]

Many have mentioned "Oxford" here, but I would have to narrow it down:

Balliol College, Oxford...of course!

 

[PaulSLH]

Take your pick: http://www.timeshighereducation.co.u...p?typeCode=438

 

[MetroStyles]

Originally Posted by PaulSLH

Take your pick: http://www.timeshighereducation.co.u...p?typeCode=438

Lol @ Stony Brook ahead of IIT.

 

[IUtoSLU]

Originally Posted by MetroStyles

Lol @ Stony Brook ahead of IIT.

lol at a lot of things on that list.

 

[cross22]

Originally Posted by IUtoSLU

lol at a lot of things on that list.

Ditto

 

[PaulSLH]

Yes, the order in that list is a bit suspect, too much importance placed on peer review and international staff/student numbers, and none of the usual spend per student etc. Anyway, it still has the most prestigious universities in the world listed, even if they aren't in quite the right order, so just pick one to research.

 

[pebblegrain]

I think Princeton, somehow and I don't know how, now garners more prestige than Yale. Harvard is still on top of that pile tho. Yale has nothing to be worried about though, their Law school is probably the most prestigious grad school, period. A lot of people choose Stanford over HYP given acceptance to all. Look at Chelsea Clinton. I'm sure weather is a factor As for the rest of that list, no way Upenn, Cornell, Brown, and Dartmouth are in the same league. They are for people who couldn't get into the ultra elite. 90% of of students at these "#5-10" schools got rejected from a more prestigious school and they know exactly what I mean, even if they deny it .

I always put MIT and Caltech in almost a separate category. Different but still extremely prestigious

 

[Trompe le Monde]

i thought rankings and prestige were things only high school students concern themselves with?

 

[HORNS]

In all the rankings I've seen, I'm surprised University of Washington is ranked so high - I simply didn't know anything about the school's reputation.