<p>What field? If we are going with Microbiology-
- Washington University in St. Louis
- Johns Hopkins
- Cornell University
- Northwestern University
- University of Chicago
- Georgetown University</p>
<p>Yeah, how about we go with Wash U’s strongest field and then put it in first place. That makes perfect sense doesn’t it?</p>
<p>What field? If we are going with Social workers program-</p>
<p>1) WUSTL
2) UChicago</p>
<p>n^(x->infinity): Cornell, Johns Hopkins, Northwestern, Georgetown</p>
<p>Phead: the correct rankings for social work is the following:</p>
<p>1) Michigan
2) Chicago/WashU
3) Columbia</p>
<p>Michigan >>> WashU ;)</p>
<p>mk150890, i don’t get what doesn’t make sense. obviously if we go by someone’s strongest field, they’ll be in first place, hahah. If we went by another schools strongest field, they’d be in first place. it’s all relative.</p>
<p>Tenisghs, didn’t WUSTL take over the #1 spot in Social Work in the latest USNWR ranking? Michigan was #1 for a decade or so but I think they dropped to #2.</p>
<p>i agree that it’s hard to assign overall rankings because each school has different specialty areas. students may choose different schools not based on overall prestige but the niche prestige in the area that they are interested in.</p>
<p>for example:
UChicago: econ, chemistry, physics (NO ENGINEERING)
Georgetown: IR
WUSTL: biology
Hopkins: BME</p>
<p>personally i’m a prospective pre-med student so i chose Hopkins BME over some of the other schools on this list because:
a) top BME program in the nation (best faculty/research)
b) one of the top pre-med programs in the country (very high med school acceptance)
c) JHU=world-renowned leader in medicine (open doors in medical field)</p>
<p>had i wanted to study econ, i would’ve taken uchicago. it all depends on what you’re interested in studying…</p>
<p>Cornell is also, I believe, the only school with a perfect record in the Rose Bowl (a victory over Ohio State in its only appearance).</p>
<p>Alexandre, it is true that WashU took the #1 spot on USNWR social work rankings (0.1 difference); however, I still believe Michigan is the stronger overall social work program. It really depends on your area of specialty. I will study administration and social policy. I also qualify for in-state tuition at Michigan which is a plus in addition to the scholarship money they gave me. (By the way, I did get admitted into WashU’s social work program but their scholarship money wasn’t enough to justify the $30,000+ annual cost.) I turned in my enrollment deposit, so I’m officially a Wolverine. ;)</p>
<p>**1 Washington University in St. Louis St. Louis, MO 4.6<br>
2 University of Michigan–Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI 4.5 **
<em>gap</em>
3 University of Chicago Chicago, IL 4.3<br>
4 Columbia University New York, NY 4.2<br>
4 University of Washington Seattle, WA 4.2</p>
<p>I quite agree Tenisghs. I am fairly certain Michigan will regain the top spot in the next couple of years. Of course, I don’t think there is a difference between the top 5. Chicago and Columbia aren’t chopped liver!</p>
<p>I agree with Tenisghs. UMich >>> WashU</p>
<p>Phead, you really hate WashU huh?
I appreciate most of your input, but there’s no need to go out of your way to put the school down everywhere you post.</p>
<p>Hahah, i take back what I said about you hating WashU since in the other thread you said you actually don’t hate it :P</p>
<p>I take my UMich >>> WashU comment back as well. :D</p>
<p>This is NOT a ranking. These are the universities I had heard of before I decided to study in the USA and look for colleges(I am from Europe):</p>
<p>All of the Ivies, except UPenn
UVA
Berkeley
UCLA
Stanford
Johns Hopkins
Georgetown
NYU
George Washington
Boston University</p>
<p>^^^^Notice the list only includes coastal schools. I find it hard to believe that UVA, Geroge Washington, and BU are that well known it Europe.</p>
<p>Nooob, sorry for the late reply. What I was trying to indicate through my post is that it is illogical (namely because it is so obvious) to just name a university’s strongest field and then put it in first place. I say this because I think most of the posts on here relate to overall strength of academic programs instead of just one field in which a university is very strong. Otherwise, you’re absolutely right that it makes sense to put a university in first place in relation to the others when talking about a program in which its strength lies.</p>
<p>raspberry567, I am very surprised you have never heard of Michigan.</p>
<p>rjkofnovi, ditto. The well-educated in Europe have definitely heard of some Midwestern schools, particularly Michigan.</p>
<p>^ if they were well educated, they will also know of schools like UChicago, Duke, and Northwestern.</p>
<p>^^^ Indeed, Hope2getrice. The Midwest deserves a better reputation! We are NOT a “flyover” region. ;)</p>