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Um, of what? The several thousand colleges and universities?</p>
<p>Every school has its strong points. Not every school is for everyone, etc, etc. </p>
<p>All this debate is kind of stupid.</p>
<p>The USNWR rankings are pretty BS. The criteria they use is sketchy and it allows schools to “play the rankings game” to move up.</p>
<p>Things like super scoring the ACTS or getting as many kids to apply as possible so they get their acceptance rate as low as possible.</p>
<p>I would say any school in the top 100 USNWR is a good school, and there are obviously good school past the 100 mark. I would say anything in the top 50 is great, and top 25 is amazing.</p>
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There are only 6 good Universities in the United States?</p>
<p>UCLA 10 charc</p>
<p>To answer the original poster’s question:</p>
<p>There really is no such designation as a “good” school, because its all subjective and all relative. </p>
<p>When you buy into a name brand, what you’re really buying is perceived prestige (which others may not share), and admittance into an alumni club/peer group. The peer group is good in two ways. 1) At places like Michigan (and other brand loyal schools) employers who also share membership with your group are more apt to hire you in a “pay it forward” sort of mentality. Additionally, if your school has a reputation for only accepting the best students, then employers expect you to have a base level of competence before even beginning an interview (very advantageous). Aside from those two factors, the actual education you receive from 4 year universities is largely the same. </p>
<p>Additionally, some schools have great programs in what would often be considered less desirable schools. Example: Virginia Tech, considered the little brother of UVA except for engineering and the sciences. Illinois: Great at engineering, ok at business, meh at everything else. </p>
<p>To answer your question more directly though, It really depends on the point of view of the asker. I went to Michigan Business undergrad, and we looked down on those outside the top 5 in business (which included schools like Texas and Cornell), but I imagine Wharton looked down on everyone. </p>
<p>Harvard, Oxford, and Cambridge look down on everyone,
Princeton and Yale look down on the other Ivys,
Penn, Columbia look down on the lesser Ivys and the not ivys.<br>
The rest of the ivys look down on the not ivys
the dukes, stanfords, and north westerns of the world look down on the private schools that are semi elite like notre dame and emory
those schools look down on the public ivy/wanna be private schools
public ivys look down on non public ivys and any school ranked lower than them
schools inside the top 100 look down on schools outside the top 100
and those schools look down on tier 3 and tier 4 schools. </p>
<p>It all depends on your perspective.</p>
<p>“Additionally, if your school has a reputation for only accepting the best students, then employers expect you to have a base level of competence before even beginning an interview (very advantageous).”</p>
<p>That can also play against you if you don’t, for example, interview as well as the average student from the school in question. The expectations are high.</p>
<p>Not really. (#1 public and 23 national: University of California Berkeley and is tied with Harvard,Stanford,Mit, and many other ivy leagues in thier major.)
I think it should be ranked in the 10-15 range though ), University of Los Angeles,University of san Diego,University of Santa Barbara,University of Irvine,University of Souther California… All are in the top ranks. --all in California. UPenn a ivy league . So University of and state of… Arnt low ranks</p>
<p>This was ment for 1 of the guys on 1st page. Im new posting on foums</p>
<p>The college with plentiful research opportunities, strong majors, job connections, possibilities for internships, fun clubs, and a lively campus. The name of the school only matters so much…any school is a good school for someone with the right mindset. Yeah, you may not be initially happy with a run-of-the-mill state school, but when you discover the benefits…OH YEAH!</p>
<h2>1-53 (George Washington/Tulane): Excellent</h2>
<h2>54-117 (Loyola University Chicago): Good</h2>
<p>From Texas, going to Michigan, I wouldn’t go anything under the rank of UT Austin.</p>
<p>50+ good, 40+ really good, 20+ great, 10+top sorry i’m a pretentious ****, but whatever.</p>
<p>I think it depends. My boyfriend’s school isn’t known for being very good (it’s <em>gasp</em> lower than Michigan State!), but they are known for having an extremely good teaching program and are perfectly well respected in the region. I wouldn’t have wanted to go there for my profession or if I were wanting to leave the state, but for a lot of people it’s a great option. Putting so much into national rankings just makes you look stupid and ignorant.</p>
<p>And for the record, I’m a Umich alum, so it’s not like I’m only saying this because I went to a no-name school-- I most certainly didn’t.</p>
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<p>Saying things like this makes you look stupid and ignorant.</p>
<p>It depends on your major, too. Rice, for instance, is a great school for medicine and engineering, but its political science program aren’t exactly top notch, especially when compared to Georgetown’s or George Washington’s. Just my opinion.</p>
<p>I’d absolutely say strong programs in your major/areas of interest matter far more than the overall school ranking. Especially since the skills you get from your college experience are far more valuable than the name brand of your college. Yes…I go to Michigan State…a so-called “low-ranked” college. Although personally, being in the top 100 of thousands of universities nationwide is nothing to be ashamed about. I have just as good a resume, job, research experience, GPA, etc. as those who go to prestigious universities. I’m not a trust fund kid and I can’t afford an ivy league education, even if I could’ve gotten into those schools in the first place, but my education at Michigan State satisfies me in a way that many of the “top-ranked” colleges would not. I love my school and the opportunities it has given me. </p>
<p>And people who care so much about rankings…you OBVIOUSLY haven’t gone to college for more than a year. You probably haven’t even started undergraduate school or graduated high school yet…most of you probably haven’t even had a single internship or job. Please stop assuming that you know more than older college students/graduates who actually understand the value (or relative lack thereof) of a college ranking system. Yes, in certain professions/career fields it does matter more than others. Yes, in most graduate programs, rankings hold a lot more weight. No, your isolated anecdotes of a “friend of a friend sucking at life because they went to podunk state U” do not justify your reasons for demanding to go to a top 20 ranked school “or your life will be over.” Your pathetic bubble of existence will be popped sooner or later because believe it or not, you will be entering the “real world” one day and realize you will have to deal with many many people who have graduated from a university ranked lower than 50 but still hold a more prestigious position than you do! I’m not saying that going to a top-ranked university with a strong alumni network doesn’t give you a minute benefit in terms of initial hiring compared to a podunk U grad, but I’m saying that prestige is not a “end-all characteristic” that determines how successful your future will be.</p>
<p>Prestige is important. You’re in denial.</p>
<p>^^ Haha someone got rejected from top schools</p>
<p>^^^ haha, ok</p>
<p>MSU makes perfect sense too…</p>