harvard vs duke

Colleges & Universities Harvard University
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<p>I’m not questioning your decision, which I’m sure was made with your best interest in mind. Just correcting some factual information. </p>

<p>I hope you realize that whether Duke is ranked #1 or #20 in biomedical engineering will be completely irrelevant when you apply to medical schools. They probably won’t have the slightest idea or care the slightest. And by the way, I hate referring to stupid rankings, but for the record, Duke’s ranked #4 in biomedical engineering by the National Research Council and #5 by the U.S. News.</p>

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<p>once again for the record (although this debate is kinda wierd lol)</p>

<p>duke is #2 for biomedical engineering according to us news:</p>

<p>here’s the link: [USNews.com:</a> America’s Best Colleges 2008: Biomedical / Biomedical Engineering](<a href=“http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/brief/enps02_brief.php]USNews.com:”>http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/brief/enps02_brief.php)</p>

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<p>That is the undergraduate program ranking while #5 is the graduate program ranking. I am extremely skeptical of survey-based rankings, and while I could see how people might be able to somehow crudely rank graduate programs based on their general impressions of research output from each school (from their readings of literature in their fields and attendance at conferences, etc.), I have difficulty imagining how they could rank undergraduate programs unless they are provided with objective data about each program given that research output is not (and shouldn’t be) the most important determinant of the quality of undergraduate program.</p>