"Prestige" of Indiana-Bloomington?

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<p>I take that back. We do have a Cornell guy. He’s bright. No other Ivy grads that I’m aware of, however.</p>

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<p>Then guess. </p>

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<p>@wayneandgarth:</p>

<p>You’re either from the Northeast or young (under 30).</p>

<p>Answers please.</p>

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<p>UW’s prestige is not being overrated here – it’s the third-most prestigious school un the B1G for undergrad, or tied with Illinois for third. And might be #1 or #2 in overall PhD strength. </p>

<p>According to the Graduate Programs web site, Big Ten schools ranked among the top Anthropology grad programs are:</p>

<h1>2 Michigan</h1>

<h1>3 Wisconsin</h1>

<h1>4 Illinois</h1>

<h1>5 Northwestern</h1>

<p>Farther down the list we find:</p>

<h1>18 Minnesota</h1>

<h1>19 Penn State</h1>

<h1>20 Michigan State</h1>

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<p>Minnesota - in my 50’s. Nice try. Most impressive guy I work with - MIT guy; next most impressive - Wharton guy. It’s amazing that us flyover landers can appreciate, or even heard of, a good school.</p>

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<p>Nebraska is a fine academic institution.</p>

<p>Most people think the “N” on the Nebraska football helmet stands for Nebraska. That is incorrect.</p>

<p>It stands for “Nowledge”.</p>

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<p>@wayneandgarth:</p>

<p>There are definitely some impressive people from MIT and Wharton. Some of them came from my high school.</p>

<p>Most of us flyover landers care more about what an individual can do and has done than the school they went to, however, and aren’t snobs stuck up about prestige. I concede that there are exceptions.</p>

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<p>I could care less myself what school they went to. These just happen to be the most impressive people at my office.</p>

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<p>Yes they are ‘ranked’ quite differently. Where undergrad unofficial lists like US News uses selectivity, class size, graduation and retention rates, endowment, alumni giving, and more…</p>

<p>Graduate school is done by department, not overall ranking. Grad ranking is almost entirely done on the basis of publication production and general peer regard of academics in each department.</p>

<p>Sorry some people are trying to have an off topic sub-conversation in your thread, but you opened a can of worms by a poorly worded/focused question.</p>

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<p>^ yeah, it’s obvious that “prestige” doesn’t have a universal meaning, but I wasn’t expecting it to. This thread is great!</p>