<p>posterX:</p>
<p>I find it difficult to believe that MIT isn't in that top ten, which would have me assume they list it lower, in engineering, than BU?</p>
<p>JHU is not just good for pre-med! They are also well known for IR, writing, and music, plus bme (which is different from pre-med, btw) is #1. i'm not biased or anything though...</p>
<p>I didn't say you were biased. Why would you be biased anyway?</p>
<p>Oh WAIT...<em>sees location</em> ;)</p>
<p>I second the nominations for CMU. Tufts, maybe?
the claremont colleges! all together, they offer everything...
Stanford</p>
<p>The ISI numbers pretty much speak for themselves. Read the methodology if you have questions about how they came to that. Just remember, bigger is not necessarily better. Berkeley probably has the most engineers, so gets a lot of name recognition, but in terms of research quality, I think (and the ISI rankings show) that places like Caltech are stronger.</p>
<p>Duke, Princeton, Stanford, Yale, Umich, Notre Dame, UCLA/Cal. LAC's-Williams, Colgate, Holy Cross, Davidson, Bowdoin, and Bucknell. Preceeding have strong academics and good athletic/school spirit.</p>
<p>UPenn is another candidate for the "top twenty"</p>
<p>Duke/Vandy/Wake</p>
<p>Northwestern! Strong in many engineering, chemistry, social sciences, music, theater, film, art history, education, and journalism. It has a football team that on a good day, can kick Michigan's b*tt! ;)</p>
<p>Stanford. Very bright students/proffessors. Great area, Nice campus. Laid-back feeling. Great school. 2 thumbs up.</p>
<p>I think Berkeley takes top honors, here.</p>
<p>Berkeley is very large and well rounded because of its size, across many of the humanities and sciences. But it does not have a medical school on the central campus or really any of the top arts programs. Also, while it has amazing departments in many fields, at the undergraduate level, I think it has a disappointing track record especially if you look at the statistics on undergraduate placement into the top graduate schools. I have heard many times how large and impersonal it is, from current students.</p>
<p>then UCLA for med?</p>
<p>I would go with Stanford here.</p>
<p>Stanford, Michigan, Wisconsin.</p>
<p>hahaha certainly not stanford if you count arts as part of "well-roundedness". it has one of the worst music programs ever :)</p>
<p>UCLA. hands down.</p>
<p>Here are some aspects that have been overlooked:</p>
<p>the best on campus dining food.
Globally recognized brand name school (Other countries have UCLA stores or sell UCLA merchandise)
Incredible athletics (more NCAA championships and Olympians than any other school)
Amazing housing options.
Beautiful, well kept campus with great layout, architecture, and fantastic views.
High tech facilities (the gym at Wooden Center anyone?)
Incredible libraries and archives.
Fantastic college town (Westwood)
Amazing city!!!
Incredible diversity
VERY active student clubs and organizations
Some Greek life but not too much
World class center for art showings and live performances in Los Angeles (UCLA hosts the world’s most famous orchestras, dance companies, etc…)
World class speakers
World class hospital
Weather!!!
Proximity to ocean and hiking places.
Celebrity students (James Franco '09)
Film screenings (free ones on campus and official star studded premieres in Westwood)</p>
<p>Oh hey necro. How’s UCLA’s business school? Oh right…</p>