| "Even in empirical comparisons (rather than informal prestige poll such as this), you'd be hard-pressed to show why Amherst deserves to be ranked in the top 10 or so schools on any list. The top Uni's have great grad programs, but also great undergrads."
It seems to me that ur suggesting dook, ranked number 8 by usnews and thus in the top ten, is better than amerst who u claim above shouldnt be in the top ten. Im not saying amherst is better than dook but they are at least on the same level. If dook, in ur mind, is a top ten school then why do u state that amherst doesnt deserve to be in the top 10? U say u dont thik one is better than the other, but from ur comparisons and the way u presented them it seems to me that u were trying to prove dook was the better school with brighter students when this simply isnt the case. |