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08-07-2009, 04:03 PM
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#31 | | New Member
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Princeton is still #2!
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08-07-2009, 04:03 PM
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#32 | | Senior Member
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However, a great college should cater to students in all career and interest ranges. West Point isn't that place.
| Oh so many misconceptions out there......
The fact is West Point has 46 majors. They do cater to students in a wide variety of career and interest ranges.
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08-07-2009, 04:11 PM
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#33 | | Super Moderator
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The most fun on this website is the online tool What's The Best College For You? - Forbes.com
that lets you weight your own criteria, among those represented in the Forbes data set, to produce a ranking list that fits what you are looking for most. That was interesting to me, and more plausible than the published Forbes rankings.
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08-07-2009, 04:17 PM
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#34 | | Senior Member
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#14 Centre College
I've never heard of this school. Ahead of places like Northwestern, UChicago, Wash U, and all the other Ivies listed in the 100s. Right.
Last edited by schrizto; 08-07-2009 at 04:22 PM.
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08-07-2009, 04:22 PM
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#35 | | Junior Member
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#14 Centre College
I've never heard of this school. Ahead of places like Northwestern, UChiago, Wash U, and all the other Ivies listed in the 100s. Right.
| I know someone who went there and is currently in his fourth year at Johns Hopkins Medical School.
On topic:
Certainly a unique list.
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08-07-2009, 04:39 PM
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#36 | | Member
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this list makes me facepalm.
and the fact that ratemyprofessor.com is the most influential factor in their methodology, makes me want to rip my face off.
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08-07-2009, 04:45 PM
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This is totally biased. Brown and Berkeley both in the 70's...and both...liberal.
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08-07-2009, 04:49 PM
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Oh how I wish, wish, wish that Williams or Amherst could one day be named the best school in the country.
Sincerely,
Not a Williams or Amherst grad
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08-07-2009, 04:53 PM
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#39 | | Senior Member
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^ Well, they both alternate the spot for best liberal arts college in the nation every year by U.S. News... good enough?
I'm looking at this list and there's so many random small liberal arts schools in the middle of nowhere ranked between 50-100, above a couple Ivies :/.
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08-07-2009, 05:05 PM
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^ Yea but they always play second fiddle to HYPSM...
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08-07-2009, 05:34 PM
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I'm sorry, but any ranking that gives weight to ratemyprofessor.com is ridiculous.
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08-07-2009, 07:32 PM
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Originally Posted by ThatPoshGirl I'm sorry, but any ranking that gives weight to ratemyprofessor.com is ridiculous. | People tend to view easier professors more favorably, which explains why the easiest (and lowest quality) schools have such high rankings on the Forbes list.
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08-07-2009, 08:35 PM
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#43 | | Junior Member
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You mean lowest quality schools like Princeton and Williams, known the world over for their easy professors?
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08-07-2009, 09:51 PM
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They should have waited until April 1st to release this list!! What a joke. Someone at Forbes please fire the people who made this list. O by the way, Wisconsin-Madison is ranked # 35 in the US&News rankings but not in the top 400!! Are u kidding me! ahhhhhh
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08-07-2009, 09:54 PM
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"Well, West Point would obviously be far from tops for pure academia. But few schools produce students with the kind of discipline and work ethic that USMA does. Kids at the conventional top schools don't have the willpower to make it to 8AM classes, West Point kids have to be ready in uniform at 6 AM. And discipline and work ethic are just as important at success in life as academic prowess."
wespoint doesnt produce work ethics, it attracts people with good work ethics
and if you make it to a top university, barring extreme hooks or legacy status you probably have a pretty good work ethic
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