<p>Okay, I don’t knwo what wacky search engine you were using. The most widely known European/British ranking is Times Higher Education World University Rankings:
[Top</a> 200 - The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2010-2011](<a href=“http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/world-university-rankings/2010-2011/top-200.html]Top”>World University Rankings 2010-11 | Times Higher Education (THE))</p>
<p>Northwestern is ranked 25th, not “after 50”. You can take comfort in that it’s ranked much higher than two Ivies - Brown (55th) and Dartmouth (99th).</p>