Is Rutgers University a very respected school?

beyphy
Tue, 22 Nov 2011 20:03:50 +0000

So can I just assume beyphy is an academician? lol

Actually I wouldn’t say academia is highly superficial at all. The PA scores at USNWR indicate to me that academia is well aware of which schools are the tops in academics. Berkeley, Michigan, and other top publics fare very well there. It’s only those people who are completely obsessed with the rankings at USNWR who feel differently.



Yes, obviously i have to be an “academician” to know about academia, just like i need to be a mathematician to know about math, or a biologist to know about biology. It’s clearly obvious that i can’t get such information through testimony, you know, of people i know in academia like my brother and various professors who have told me that academia is highly superficial :rolleyes:

I like how, while addressing my comment about Rutgers, in your listing of top public schools, you DON’T include rutgers. Way to reaffirm my point.



I would say that except for Berkeley, UCLA, Michigan, Virginia, and perhaps one or two others, most of the top 20 flagship state universities are roughly equivalent. And I would include Rutgers in that group of 20.



those one or two others would probably be Texas and UNC. I agree with you. Colorado like to think that it’s peers are “berkeley” and “michigan.” No one else does though lol.