<p>1 Harvard Univ</p>
<p>2 Univ Cambridge</p>
<p>3 Stanford Univ</p>
<p>4 Univ California - Berkeley</p>
<p>5 Massachusetts Inst Tech (MIT)</p>
<p>6 California Inst Tech</p>
<p>7 Columbia Univ</p>
<p>8 Princeton Univ</p>
<p>8 Univ Chicago</p>
<p>10 Univ Oxford</p>
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<p>Props to Harvard. My alma mater does all right on that list, so it must be plausible. ;)</p>
<p>out of every single ranking ive seen this one seems the most credible one...</p>
<p>Berkeley at #4 and it's "credible"???</p>
<p>note the ranking methodology and what it "values," zeph: under it, a school that doesn't even <em>have</em> an undergraduate component can nevertheless come out as one of the world's 20 best (UCSF).</p>
<p>Heh apparently San Diego is better than Penn. Thats news to me.</p>
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Berkeley at #4 and it's "credible"???
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<p>Berkeley is very, very popular in Asia, Australia and in the UK. In Asia and Australia, I think ONLY Harvard is more popular than Berkeley and enjoys the same status with MIT. </p>
<p>Here's the general perception of the best Unis in places I once lived:</p>
<p>Japan:
1. Harvard (UK: Oxford,Camridge)
2. Berkeley, MIT (UK: LSE, Imperial, UCL)<br>
3. Stanford, UCLA, (UK: Warwick, Edinburgh, Nottingham)</p>
<p>Philippines:
1. Harvard (UK: Oxford, Camridge)
2. Berkeley, MIT<br>
3. UCLA, Stanford, Columbia, NYU, Michigan</p>
<p>Singapore:
1. Harvard (UK: Oxford, Camridge)
2. Berkeley, MIT<br>
3. Chicago, Stanford, UCLA, Columbia, JHU, NYU</p>
<p>UK:
1. Harvard
2. MIT, Yale, Columbia, Chicago, Northwestern, NYU
3. Michigan, Berkeley, Stanford,</p>
<p>I'll add another one:</p>
<p>Brazil:</p>
<ol>
<li>Chicago, MIT, Columbia</li>
<li>Harvard, Stanford, Penn(Wharton), Princeton</li>
<li>Michigan, Northwestern), UC Berkeley</li>
</ol>
<p>Taiwan in the 1980s (approximate): </p>
<ol>
<li><p>Harvard </p></li>
<li><p>Yale </p></li>
<li><p>Stanford </p></li>
<li><p>UC Berkeley </p></li>
</ol>
<p>And various other usual suspects rounding out the top ten. I think in most countries in east Asia, colleges with lots of Asian-American applicants get a boost in reputation, as uncles, aunts, cousins, and other relatives report back to the home country how smart an applicant can be and still get rejected by those schools.</p>
<p>Yes these rankings seem very credible... what with Rockefeller University ranked 30th, University of Arizona beating out Brown, and the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center trumping... most other schools when it's only a graduate medical school. Amazing!</p>
<p>Well Rockefeller U is a top notch bio oriented research institute (they however don't have any undergrads).</p>
<p>LOL I know it's good, it just seems ridiculous to rank a grad-only school against undergrad schools.</p>
<p>I concur. (10 char)</p>
<p>These rankings bring a smile to my face any day.</p>
<p>China:
1. Harvard
2. Yale
3. Other schools don't exist.</p>
<p>At least that's what my parents say =P</p>
<p>Haha yes. My parents say that as well. </p>
<p>"At least that's what my parents say =P"</p>
<p>Columbia at #7 -- and rising fast -- sounds about right.</p>
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China:
1. Harvard
2. Yale
3. Other schools don't exist.</p>
<p>At least that's what my parents say =P
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<p>But certainly NOT in Hong Kong and Macau because Berkeley, Stanford, MIT and Chicago are very, very popular there. Of course, Oxford, Cambride and the U of London are rated at par to Harvard there.</p>
<p>oy im a sophmore in highschool and 3 of the schools i want to go to are on that list! arghh...more work for me lol</p>
<p>ps.
caltech
mit (1st choice)
uc berkly
stanford (maybe but not so much)</p>
<p>Hey pepsiholic or sansai - how about SOAS' reputation in China?</p>