<p>spencer11111,</p>
<p>You missed my point entirely. I'm saying that a program's quality is not necessarily indicated in its admissions.</p>
<p>If THES is so reliable, then why does it put Todai ahead of Kyodai, when it seems fairly obvious to many Japanese and observers of Japan that the latter is a better institution? If THES is an indication of research output and quality, then why does it miss the fact that Kyodai's research is, generally, better?</p>
<p>There are countries whose best students are at substandard universities. Are you telling me that the very best German is really only 58th in the world? That they cannot compare to the very best Canadian, simply because THES tells us that?</p>
<p>I smell something, and it stinks.</p>
<p>What I'm saying is that the THES methodology is flawed. It doesn't tell us the quality of education at a university. It tells us how many trinkets it has in its trophy case.</p>