QS World University Rankings 2012

phuriku
Tue, 11 Sep 2012 19:45:34 +0000

Whenever I see MIT compared to or exceeding Harvard, I always think back to when Harvard, MIT, and IBM’s Watson competed in Jeopardy. The results?

Watson: $53,601
Harvard: $42,399
MIT: $100

(Source: http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2011/jeopardy-sloan-watson.html)

As arguably the best institution for engineering/technology, MIT gets a lot of positive publicity and credibility. But it doesn’t even touch Harvard, and I would argue that it’s quite an overrated institution. I don’t really get why QS would rank it at the top.