Rank in order of prestige

College Search & Lists
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<p>Could some1 please rank these colleges in order of their prestige: Dartmouth, Middlebury, Berkeley, University of Chicago.</p>

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<p>At least for UG,
Dartmouth
UChicago
Middlebury
Cal/Berkeley</p>

<p>The order I would want to attend:
Dartmouth
Middlebury</p>

<p>UChicago
Cal/Berkeley</p>

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<p>I personally think: Dartmouth, Berkeley, Chicago, Middlebury.</p>

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<p>In academia: Chicago > Dartmouth=Berkeley>Middlebury
Recruiters: Dartmouth>Berkeley=Chicago>Middlebury
Common folks: Berkeley>Dartmouth>Chicago>Middlebury</p>

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<p>Depends on the major:</p>

<p>For premed: Dartmouth, Chicago, Berkeley (I don’t know much about Middlebury)</p>

<p>For CSEE: Berkeley, Chicago, Dartmouth</p>

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<p>For econ, math and most hard sciences:</p>

<p>UChicago
UCB
Dartmouth
Middlebury</p>

<p>For language:</p>

<p>Middlebury
UChicago
UCB
Dartmouth</p>

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<p>what’s csee?</p>

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<p>I guess he/she means Computer Science / Double E.</p>

<p>I don’t think UChicago even has engineering major. And its CS is not that strong, either. UChicago College is more like a LAC with exposure to more great professors . Some of them ( actually, lot of them) happened to be Nobel Prize winners.</p>

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<p>Overall
Dartmouth
Chicago
Berkeley
Middlebury</p>

<p>Undergrad focus
Dartmouth=Middlebury
Chicago
Berkeley</p>

<p>Reputation (business)
Dartmouth
Chicago=Berkeley
Middlebury</p>

<p>Special Career focused Programs (like Computer Science)
Berkeley
Chicago=Dartmouth
Middlebury</p>

<p>Order I would attend</p>

<p>Dartmouth
Middlebury
Berkeley
Chicago (I would hate Chicago)</p>

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<p>as usual, agree with gellino.</p>

<p>but for psychology:
Berkeley
Dartmouth
Middlebury
Chicago</p>

<p>to the average joe in the northeast:
Dartmouth
Middlebury
Berkeley
Chicago</p>

<p>and for best undergrad experience (academics AND social):</p>

<p>Dartmouth
Middlebury </p>

<p>Berkeley</p>

<p>Chicago</p>

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<p>OVERALL
Berkeley</p>

<p>Chicago
Dartmouth
Middlebury
*Remember that Berkeley is the fifth best university in the world.</p>

<p>UNDERGRAD
Dartmouth
Chicago
Berkeley
Middlebury</p>

<p>SCIENCES AND ENGINEERING
Berkeley
—others are negligible.</p>

<p>HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
Berkeley
Chicago
—others are negligible.</p>

<p>NOBEL LAUREATES
Chicago
Berkeley
—others are negligible.</p>

<p>INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION
Berkeley
Chicago
—others are negligible.</p>

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<p>I know that Chicago doesnt have engineering but to call it negligible in the sciences (especially physics) would be foolish</p>

<p>also, on those same world rankings to which you refer, Chicago is 11th</p>

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<p>Yeah, sorry about missing those details. I fully concur. Chicago’s international prestige is right on Berkeley’s heels.</p>

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<p>Does that mean more than the view of average jeo in the northeast cost? uh-Oh…</p>

<p>Talking about world ranking, there is another better one by a chinese university ( I guess you guys were talking about the british ranking), in there, Berkeley is ranked 4th in the world while Uchicago is ranked 8th tied with Princeton. Let me check where Dartmouth is…</p>

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<p>im pretty sure Chicago is 11th i was just looking at it last night, but yea Dartmouth is not very high on that ranking, and Midd isnt there because its an LAC</p>

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<p>Chicago is ranked 11th in TIMES (British ranking) and 8th in SHJU. And people consider SHJU is better one since its methodology is more objective while TIMES puts 40% weight on peer review which is more subjective.</p>

<p><a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academic_Ranking_of_World_Universities[/url]”>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academic_Ranking_of_World_Universities&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>“*Remember that Berkeley is the fifth best university in the world.”</p>

<p>I don’t know on what basis this is possibly on, but it certainly isn’t on the quality of the undergrad student body or overall undergrad experience. Or, at least, it seems that those residing east of the Mississippi River don’t have the same appreciation of Berkeley that others seem to. I would think it would be a great place for most graduate school disciplines, but a terrible environment for UG.</p>

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<p>I cant get on the actual site for those rankings, is it working for other people?</p>

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<p>Those are for UNIVERSITY rankings, which have nothing to do with undergraduate quality. We’ve all been through this, looking at those rankings makes sense for grad school but at the undergrad level they are pretty much useless.</p>

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<p>i agree with that assessment…especially since LACs arent accounted for at all.</p>