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<p>May I be the first to say: suck it, U Chicago.</p>
<p>What’s amazing about this place is really that students manage to excel in academics while committing so much of their time to extracurriculars at the same time. As a result, the campus is intellectually alive and culturally vibrant. In addition, the end result of their education is the same or better than that of its peer schools, e.g. admission rates to grad school, grad school test scores, fellowship winners, recruitment by top employers, etc. All of that while still managing to be extremely likable and look good too :)</p>
<p>It may be a great place but Forbes rankings are almost always bogus… Sorry…</p>
<p>Does anyone know what these rankings are based on? Not that USNWR’s are so great, but they are somewhat intuitive. Looking at the rankings, “student quality of life” (or: small enrollment and no graduate programs must mean professors care about undergrads because there is no one else to care about!!! Let’s just presume that professors’ “caring” is A. fixed and B. universal. Care, much like college rankings, is allegedly zero-sum) seems to be the big one. </p>
<p>Duke should not be #41. That is just incorrect. Wellesley is not a better school than Cal Tech. That is more incorrect. UChicago and WashU are not better schools than Northwe…nevermind. Forbes nailed that one!</p>
<p>Can’t expect them to get 'em all right Cerebral, but I posted 'cause they got the ones that count :P</p>
<p>Of course, Northwestern still has 8 Nobel Prizes to Chicago’s 85. And has an average salary of $91k/year vs. Chicago’s $107k/year.</p>
<p>So</p>
<p>Grats to the Professors. Lot of good that does you :)</p>
<p>phuriku,
Thanks to our top-ranked schools of communications, education, journalism, and music, NU sent more grads in those areas and people in those fields don’t make as much money normally. NU also sent the most to Teach for America (among mid-sized colleges) and holds the second largest Dance Marathon in the country every year. It was fun to be around with such diverse schoolmates that were passionate about what they did, actively involved in community services, had very diverse career paths, and didn’t necessarily have money making as their primary life goal.</p>
<p>^^I totally agree. My SESP education has been very invaluable to my career goals.</p>
<p>While I think it’s awesome that NU was ranked #1 ahead of UC and WashU… the fact that WashU is ranked #15 behind all these other bogus schools kind of ruins the credibility of this ranking to begin with… they should publish what their metrics were too.</p>
<p>Also, Nobel Prizes is only one way to measure up… think of the tons of other things that NU has that UC doesn’t - and I’m not focusing on academics. You can tout your Nobel prizes all you want, but at the end of the day, that’s not why people go to a school.</p>
<p>so uchicago students nowadays care about how much money they can make…?</p>
<p>I interpreted the salary to be professorial salary’s, since anyone with half a brain would realize just by the law of large numbers that NU having twice as many students would regress closer to the mean, and that Journalists aren’t known for making money.</p>
<p>Here’s how the calculate the score: [</a>" + artTitle.replace(“-”,“”) + " - " + “The Daily Northwestern” + "](<a href=“http://www.dailynorthwestern.com/update-northwestern-named-best-in-the-midwest-by-forbes-magazine-1.2375005]”>http://www.dailynorthwestern.com/update-northwestern-named-best-in-the-midwest-by-forbes-magazine-1.2375005)</p>
<p>I wonder what constitute’s student satisfaction, I really hope it’s not ratemyteacher.com</p>
<p>From Forbes:
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<p>phuriku never ceases to be a presence on these types of threads just to pick on Northwestern…talking about vendetta. If I remember correctly, UChicago made an exception for you because your stats were low. I think it’s great you could get into a top school with those stats (NU is definitely much less accommodating in that regard), but I would encourage you not to let that get to your head too much. The # of Nobel Laureates is not necessarily an indication of superiority. You guys might have more than Harvard but Harvard is far far superior in like every single way. Oh and those extremely smart good-looking and likable fraternity jocks at Northwestern who get all the girls that I suspect are the target of your wrath? They will go much farther in life than you ever could with your current attitude. Rather than channeling your bitterness towards smart popular good-looking people through your criticism of Northwestern, I suggest you learn to deal with your insecurities instead and open your mind up a bit.</p>
<p>“Of course, Northwestern still has 8 Nobel Prizes to Chicago’s 85. And has an average salary of $91k/year vs. Chicago’s $107k/year.”</p>
<p>Fact: University of Chicago ONCE mass-produced nobel prize winners like crazy. But, how about NOW? If you look at the numbers, they are not producing as much because their academic quality has somewhat dwindled in light of rising schools.
You don’t believe me? Why else do UofC academic advisors AlWAYS (and I mean ALWAYS) mention their nobel peace prize winners? Because it manipulates potential students from believing the former glory they once had. Open your eyes~! UofC is no better than Northwestern, so stop the bashing.</p>
<p>I agree completely with brebeuff; phuriku is just a stupid ■■■■■ who has an inferiority complex problem like many people on this site. It’s pretty much this site in fact; basically (a) an Ivy League-or fail mentality so schools not “Ivy League” get bashed on like crazy, or (b) a rankings mentality, It’s so sickening I felt like I had to post to stop the bashing UC ppl make on Northwestern cause they think they’re school is vastly superior due to a single point ranking on US news. </p>
<pre><code> Best Word of Advice for Users On CC: Don’t fall victim into judging a school by one aspect. I made that mistake, focusing on rankings as a method of determining my school choice. In the end, I ended up rejecting a school that was considerably ranked higher than the school I go to now.
In the end, that number you chose your university by is not what you will remember in the four years of potentially the “best years of your life.” It’s going to be the social atmosphere, programs, and in my opinion, location that will determine where you want to go.
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<p>haha arbiter213 you post on every thread i look at. Im dying to get into northwestern and i just mailed my ED.</p>
<p>I post on most of the non-chances threads in this forum. I like helping out prospies.</p>
<p>Ya Im looking at all the NU threads haha. I was laughing pretty hard at the posts from around december 7-12 where everyone was waiting for their results. Im so stoked, but i can only hope haha.</p>