2006 Ultimate US National University Rankings

Applying to College
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<p>2006 ULTIMATE US UNIVERSITY RANKINGS THIS IS A COMBINATION OF (1) THE US NEWS POINTS, (2) THE AVERAGE OF THE PRINCETON REVIEW POINTS and (3) FoR AN INTERNATIONAL FLAVOR--one-third of the combined London Times and Shanghai University rankings of top world universities-- 1/3 weight was given because the ranks favor graduate programs. The outcome:</p>

<p>1 Harvard
2 MIT
3 Princeton
4 Yale
5 Stanford
6 U Cal Berkeley
7 Columbia
8 Cal Tech
9 Univ of Penn
10 Cornell
11 Univ of Chicago
12 Washington
13 Duke
14 Johns Hopkins
15 UCLA
16 Rice
17 Brown
18 Univ Michigan
19 Northwestern
20 Dartmouth
21 Notre Dame
22 Carnegie Mellon
23 UNC-Chapel Hill
24 USC
25 Emory
26 Tufts
27 Georgetown
28 Univ of Virginia
29 Vanderbilt
30 Wake Forest</p>

<p>HERE IS A BREAKDOWN WITH THE DATA: </p>

<pre><code>School US News Rating points Princeton Review Quality of Life Pts. Princeton Review Quality of Academics Pts. Princeton Review Selectivity Pts. Princeton Review Average Pts. US News & Princeton Review Average Total London Times-Peer Review Score Chinese University ranking total points Combined foreign ratings 1/3 of combined foreign ratings Combined Score*
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<p>1 Harvard 100 89 96 99 94.66666667 194.6666667 100 100 200 66.67 261.33
2 MIT 93 88 96 99 94.33333333 187.3333333 84 72.4 156.4 52.13 239.47
3 Princeton 100 98 88 99 95 195 69 63.6 132.6 44.20 239.20
4 Yale 98 93 97 99 96.33333333 194.3333333 71 58.6 129.6 43.20 237.53
5 Stanford 94 91 86 89 88.66666667 182.6666667 78 77.2 155.2 51.73 234.40
6 U Cal Berkeley 79 78 89 98 88.33333333 167.3333333 95 74.2 169.2 56.40 223.73
7 Columbia 89 92 95 99 95.33333333 184.3333333 56 61.2 117.2 39.07 223.40
8 Cal Tech 93 83 89 99 90.33333333 183.3333333 48 69 117 39.00 222.33
9 Univ of Penn 95 75 92 99 88.66666667 183.6666667 42 51.8 93.8 31.27 214.93
10 Cornell 86 83 89 97 89.66666667 175.6666667 56 55.5 111.5 37.17 212.83
11 Univ of Chicago 85 83 86 97 88.66666667 173.6666667 52 60.5 112.5 37.50 211.17
12 Washington 88 99 95 99 97.66666667 185.6666667 28 43.1 71.1 23.70 209.37
13 Duke 94 67 93 98 86 180 36 38.9 74.9 24.97 204.97
14 Johns Hopkins 86 66 86 98 83.33333333 169.3333333 50 47.5 97.5 32.50 201.83
15 UCLA 75 86 75 98 86.33333333 161.3333333 52 51.6 103.6 34.53 195.87
16 Rice 82 99 96 98 97.66666667 179.6666667 20 28.3 48.3 16.10 195.77
17 Brown 85 95 83 99 92.33333333 177.3333333 27 26.8 53.8 17.93 195.27
18 Univ Michigan 75 83 83 95 87 162 46 49.3 95.3 31.77 193.77
19 Northwestern 87 75 77 97 83 170 28 39.5 67.5 22.50 192.50
20 Dartmouth 89 97 96 98 97 186 19 0 19 6.33 192.33
21 Notre Dame 80 87 93 98 92.66666667 172.6666667 18 16.6 34.6 11.53 184.20
22 Carnegie Mellon 77 66 91 96 84.33333333 161.3333333 37 30.3 67.3 22.43 183.77
23 UNC-Chapel Hill 73 94 80 96 90 163 21 31.2 52.2 17.40 180.40
24 USC 71 85 88 97 90 161 25 32.5 57.5 19.17 180.17
25 Emory 79 88 92 98 92.66666667 171.6666667 16 9 25 8.33 180.00
26 Tufts 73 90 89 97 92 165 15 25.1 40.1 13.37 178.37
27 Georgetown 76 85 93 98 92 168 19 0 19 6.33 174.33
28 Univ of Virginia 76 83 87 97 89 165 24 0 24 8.00 173.00
29 Vanderbilt 80 85 72 60 72.33333333 152.3333333 18 35.1 53.1 17.70 170.03
30 Wake Forest 73 77 89 95 87 160 12 0 12 4.00 164.00</p>

<pre><code>* Combined Score=US News Ranking PLUS Princeton Review Average PLUS 1/3 Foreign Rankings Ranking
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<p>For undergrad MIT is too high</p>

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<p>yea......no.</p>

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<p>jesus! why did you do this? you have too much free time.</p>

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<p>no, simply no</p>

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<p>garbage in == garbage out. Any questions?</p>

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<p>I think it is a pretty good list.</p>

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<p>Interesting list</p>

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<p>Very interesting. Excellent work.</p>

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<p>Extremely interesting. I was shocked when I first read the list.</p>

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<p>UCLA way overrated as is Berkeley (ugrad right?)</p>

<p>Dartmouth a bit underrated.</p>

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<p>rankwizard, you included Princeton Review Quality of Life points? What are these based on? </p>

<p>I think US News is much better.</p>

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<p>Nice work. . .but let's bump up Chicago a bit more, okay? :)</p>

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<p>This study would seem relatively reasonable if you switched Cal/Berkeley with Dartmouth. While Berkeley is certainly highly regarded, with respect to SAT, admit rates, WSJ feeder score, Brody prestige ratings, there's no way it should be above five of the eight Ivys. Stanford - yes, Duke - maybe, but not Berkeley.</p>

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<p>It depends on what his rank is suppose to show which isn't undergrad, but a composite of various things.</p>

<p>AT the graduate level there is no way dartmouth is on berkeley's level. On the undergraduate level probably. This composite elevates Berkeley a bit because of its top graduate program.</p>

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<p>I think it's a fairly good list.</p>

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<p>muy muy bien.</p>

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<p>Completely bogus, but nice try.</p>