UMich vs. UC Berkeley?

<p>goldenboy, Michigan trails Cal, Harvard, MIT, Princeton, Stanford and Yale. That is not surprising considering that they have strong PA scores. Michigan does not trail its own peers, schools like Chicago, Columbia, Cornell and Penn do not have more NAS and NAE members. </p>

<p>Brown, Dartmouth, Duke and Vanderbilt trail Michigan in this count. I have only looked at Mathematics/Physics/Chemistry (NAS) and Engineering (NAE) and Michigan leads Duke 33 to 8. That’s not even close. Surprisingly, Michigan even beats Duke in the number of Institute of Medicine members, 125 to 90. </p>

<p>I would say that Michigan’s PA is spot on. Michigan is neither over, nor underrated by academe. Those guys actually know their business. Without a doubt, Michigan’s peer assessment ratings usually ranges between #5 and #7, and that is where it belongs.</p>