<p>Mdx49, nobody is denying that the Harvard math program is extremely strong. Nobody can fault you for going to Harvard to study math. </p>
<p>However, let's not deny that the MIT math program is also extremely strong. After all the rankings indicate that the MIT graduate math program is ranked (slightly) higher than Harvard's is. And yes, MIT touts this fact. So just like you say that MIT does not tout the Putnam because MIT is behind Harvard when it comes to the Putnam, I could similarly say that Harvard does not tout the NRC or the USNEws graduate rankings for math departments because Harvard is behind MIT. So the same mentality applies.</p>