Let's Play the College Ranking Game (Plus/Minus)

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1821

<p>MIT 25
Stanford 12</p>

<ul>
<li>Stanford, - MIT</li>
</ul>

1822

<p>MIT 26
Stanford 11</p>

<p>+M,-S</p>

1823

<p>MIT 25
Stanford 12</p>

<ul>
<li>Stanford, - MIT</li>
</ul>

1824

<p>MIT 26
Stanford 11</p>

<ul>
<li>MIT, - S</li>
</ul>

1825

<p>MIT 27
Stanford 10</p>

<ul>
<li>M - S</li>
</ul>

1826

<p>MIT 26
Stanford 11</p>

<ul>
<li>Stanford, - MIT</li>
</ul>

1827

<p>Btw those who claim MIT is not the best: certainly it is not better at humanities than the other great schools like Stanford, Harvard, Princeton, etc… but indubitably, MIT’s prestige in technology, science, and math has never been reasonably regarded as inferior to any other school in the world. I’m not saying it is necessarily better than the other schools in every single field pertaining to those areas, but overall, averaging out all the departments in math/science/tech, I would have to give the upper hand to MIT. Unless you are a hardcore MIT hater, you cannot deny MIT’s leadership in many of the fields. </p>

<p>Also, although USNews currently ranks MIT 7th, most of other major ranking lists (those that are much more respected than USNews) usually rank MIT much higher. Probably the only university that beats MIT on average in all these rankings is Harvard.</p>

1828

<p>MIT 27
Stanford 10</p>

<p>+MIT -Stanford</p>

1829

<p>+MIT -Stanford</p>

1830

<p>I’m not an MIT hater, quite the contrary. But think about it: Harvard’s math and science departments are equivalent to MIT’s. However, Harvard’s humanities departments are infinitely superior to MIT’s. Simple logic says Harvard is better. I’m not here to argue, though. I guess I’m just bitter that my favorite has been eliminated. ;)</p>

<p>And on that note, I am the OP. I have ultimate power. Harvard shall be reinstated with 20 points!</p>

<p>MIT 26
Stanford 11
Harvard 20</p>

<p>Go H!!</p>

<p>Haha, I’m only kidding. However, to speed up the process, +1, -2 is now the only option. My turn:</p>

<p>MIT 24
Stanford 12</p>

<p>+1 Stanford, -2 MIT</p>

<p>I’ve got plans for the next ranking game. I bet you’re all bursting with excitement. :D</p>

<p>EDIT: CPUscientist3000 and ZestyMustache (haha), please re-enter your votes in the new format. I apologize for taking so long to post.</p>

1831

<p>+1 Stanford
-2 MIT</p>

<p>MIT 22
Stanford 13</p>

1832

<p>MIT 23
Stanford 11</p>

<ul>
<li>MIT -2 Stanford</li>
</ul>

1833

<p>On behalf of Zestymustache</p>

<p>MIT 24
Stanford 9</p>

<ul>
<li>1 MIT, -2 Stanford</li>
</ul>

<p>

</p>

<p>Not true for philosophy. Not true for economics (which is admittedly more social sciences).</p>

<p>It is hardly an achievement to compare a department at Harvard to one that does not exist at MIT and claim it is infinitely superior! </p>

<p>Comparing departments that do exist at both universities, MIT’s engineering departments are infinitely superior to Harvard’s.</p>

1834

<p>MIT 25
Stanford 7</p>

<ul>
<li>1 MIT, -2 Stanford</li>
</ul>

<p>Let’s wrap this up!</p>

1835

<p>MIT 26
Stanford 5</p>

<ul>
<li>1 MIT, -2 Stanford</li>
</ul>

1836

<p>MIT 27
Stanford 3</p>

<ul>
<li>1 MIT, -2 Stanford</li>
</ul>

1837

<p>The reason I said infinitely superior is because MIT doesn’t have those departments. Doesn’t that make the corresponding Harvard departments indefinitely (or infinitely) superior? I’m pretty sure there’s a consensus that Harvard is a better school. If you want to make the sole criterion of excellence engineering, then fine. MIT wins. As demonstrated by this thread, though, MIT may well be better liked than Harvard.</p>

1838

<p>I’ll buy indefinitely superior! Superiority that can’t be defined.</p>

1839

<p>MIT 26
Stanford 5</p>

<p>-MIT, +2 Stanford</p>

1840

<p>Adjusting the above post according to OP’s format (-2,+1 instead of -1,+2)</p>

<p>MIT 25
Stanford 4</p>