<p>Ah... yes, that'll prevent you from having kids... although it shouldn't have much of an effect on a woman's chest unless she gains or loses a significant amount of weight...</p>
<p>That was my point. Ex-gf I got to see this summer for the first time in a year, the BC made them go from B to C. Anyway, back on topic, I had a mini rant about rankings here:
<a href="http://realivy.com/main/?cat=70%5B/url%5D">http://realivy.com/main/?cat=70</a></p>
<p>Brown #15 this year.</p>
<p>i want kids.</p>
<p>if my wife wants a booblift, i'll allow that. but fake tits? never.</p>
<p>Brown #15, Princeton #1, Harvard #2, and so forth. I hope this clears up confusion.</p>
<p>and how is a booblift different than fake tits?</p>
<p>her boobs are still fat, not silicon...</p>
<p>I thought they still put in implants for lifts...</p>
<p>wow just going thru here, this is apparently the wierdest thread on the whole forum haha.</p>
<p>silicon breasts would be pretty hot, in the gallium-arsenide sense of the word. dropped a vowel there. : P</p>
<p>why do you people worry so much about rankings that focus on graduate schools and other numbers, you know brown´s main focus is on their undergrad students...</p>
<p>What's the difference between selectivity rank and admission rate? Is WUSTL really more selective than Brown?</p>
<p>The USNWR rankings do, in fact, evaluate undergraduate colleges.</p>
<p>For an explanation of their methodology, you can use <a href="http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/about/weight_brief.php%5B/url%5D">http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/about/weight_brief.php</a></p>
<p>Nope. WUSTL just cheats bigtime.</p>
<p>Profanity-- basically. when WUSTL figured out how these rankings developed, they greatly increased their mailing to students who don't have a great chance at going to their school to get a greater number of applicants falsely lowering their admit rate since they artificially inflated the applying class by sending more letters of encouragement. Beyond that, I dont know what the exact acceptance rate numbesr are.</p>
<p>Sweetmariaj, while they do rank undergrads, schools that are more like Unversities and less like Colleges (i.e. not Brown) have advantages in MANY categories, including but not only pertaining to money.</p>
<p>That's true to a degree-- financial resources, for one, aren't judged in their totality, but in the amount spent per student. You'll find the explanation at the website I provided above.</p>
<p>Furthermore, other universities with an undergraduate focus (say, Princeton, which lacks a medical school, a business school, a law school, etc, and is actually smaller than Brown) have done well in the rankings.</p>
<p>Either way, the 2007 issue hits newsstands tomorrow!</p>
<p>Sweet, I'd lvoe to address it, but I honestly don't care enoguh to point out the NUMEROUS flaws. Believe me, I am rather aware as to the ranking process and how it works, and in fact, I'm probably the most aware on this forum, which is why I am so dsigusted with it.</p>
<p>Furthermore, another thing to list under "Best Traits of Brown" is that the student body (not so much the faculty anymore, but they wouldnt change this wihtout support) as a whole does not want a complex grading and GPA system as the means of assessment. There is a general reluctance to accept that scoring in this way is an accurate measure of ability and completion, and this concept penetrates to the admit process as well.</p>
<p>Holistic thinking, not reductionist.</p>
<p>I wasn't critiquing your appraisal of the situation at all, modest, and you certainly have a right to believe what you will. I was only pointing out a few misconceptions in your line of reasoning. No need to become defensive or shed your sn's virtue, is there?</p>
<p>Newsweek ranking:
WUSTL 33 vs. Brown 56;</p>
<p>SJTU Ranking:
WUSTL 28, Brown 85.</p>
<p>Don't shoot the messenger.</p>
<p>Both Newsweek and SJTU are university rankings in whichc ase that would be 100% accurate. Sweet, I may have come off the wrong way, I was simply saying that my assessment doesn't come from a lack of understanding as to how the system works, rather a general distaste for it all and a lack of desire to fully express and explain what I mean. I also feel I don't need to since anyone who takes hte time to read up on such things will undoubtedly find the system to be horrifically flawed.</p>
<p>That beinnng said, I dont think that Brown's ranking is so far off. There are a few schools that I would see shuffled but nothing drastic. For the most part, top schools are towards the top, and that's what matters. Just so we're aware of my background, I did not apply to any school in the current top when I did apply because none of them appealed to me. In fact, Brown was the only top 25 school I applied to. Other students in my class who were generally less qualified did get into schools ranked higher than Brown and they are quite happy with their decisions as am I. I am just stating there is a LOT more to put stake into rather than a grid that USNews publishes each year to much fanfare amongst the typical CC crowd.</p>