<p>Pls kindly help to rank these unis in descending order.</p>
<p>Your help is deeply appreciated and valued!</p>
<p>Hope it will help everyone else on cc as well!</p>
<p>Thank you in advance!</p>
<p>Arizona State University
Indiana University Bloomington
Iowa State University
Purdue University
University of Arizona
University of Iowa
University of Oregon
University of Maryland Baltimore County
North Carolina State University
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Michigan State University
University of Alabama
University of Maryland College Park
University of Massachusetts Amherst
University of Georgia
University of Pittsburgh</p>
<p>starbaby, rank them for what? for whom? rankings only matter as the schools matter to an individual applicant. we need to know more about the applicant to rank the schools. male/female, state of residency, intended major, GPA, SAT/ACT, ability to pay, etc. can you help us out some?</p>
<p>There are plenty of well known ranking tables- US News, Princeton, QS World, Washington Monthly and more. All emphasis different things. </p>
<p>However, you need to think about what’s important to you. Princeton may be far higher ranked than Alabama but if you want sports and warm weather, it shouldn’t be on your list.</p>
<p>They are all about the same. Unless some of them have programs you want that the others don’t, the best one for you probably would be one that gives you in-state pricing or a merit scholarship.</p>
<p>US News ranks Maryland and Pittsburg exactly the same at #62. It places a bunch of the others (Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan State, Minnesota, Purdue) within 20 positions of that in either direction. That’s not a big spread in the context of over 2K American colleges. Another credible ranking would shuffle the order around, but probably not place any of them inside the top 30 or outside the top 200. Several of them are distinguished in one or a few areas (Iowa in creative writing, Oregon in architecture, Indiana in business, UMass in linguistics, Purdue in engineering, etc.)</p>
<p>Are you an international student? Many foreigners seem to think American colleges have a stricter, more consistent pecking order than they really do. Our admissions are not driven by a single national examination system that more or less assigns students to university #1-#N. There may be some correlation between quality and standardized test scores, but that is confounded by subjective (“holistic”) admission criteria and all sorts of market forces that channel resources in complex ways (such that a school with modest test scores might have one or more outstanding departments).</p>
<p>Yea i know that. But all ranking leagues are flawed and controversial.</p>
<p>That’s why I am seeking ur help and others’s help here to kindly help me rank the shortlisted unis based on quality of teaching, quality of education, quality of academics and intellectual environment.</p>
<p>I would not be applying for fa or scholarship as a prospective undergrad.</p>
<p>Which are the best for general education? </p>
<p>I am seeking ur help and others’s help here to kindly help me rank the shortlisted unis based on quality of teaching, quality of education, quality of academics and intellectual environment.</p>
<p>Yea, i had already researched on each uni’s strongest faculty and majors but I wont be factoring that in.</p>
<p>Yup, I am a full pay international student.</p>
<p>I do understand the way the american education system and admission system works. TY!</p>
<p>But the issue is that I dont understand as much on which uni is better than which one. </p>
<p>all ranking leagues are flawed and controversial. Hence, there r not reliable.</p>
<p>For instance, UVA is a very good school but ranks low on most ranking leagues.</p>
They are at least as reliable as–I’d say far more reliable than–the opinions of random people who happen to come upon your post and may have minimal knowledge of some or all of these schools or prejudices in favor of or against one or more of them. CC posters are nice folks who try to help, but they don’t comprise some official panel of experts on all things college-related. Besides, there is no “correct” answer to your question. None of your criteria–“quality of teaching, quality of education, quality of academics, intellectual environment”–is quantifiable. The highly subjective opinions you may get will vary widely depending on who happens to be posting. Please read post #4 again. It’s the best answer you’re going to get. I do have to ask: What made you choose only large public institutions in wildly varying parts of the country? It strikes me as an odd list. Maybe if you explain how you came up with it, someone can offer some useful, specific, advice.</p>
<p>Cuz I believe many on cc r more experienced with us unis and know quality of diff unis better offhand. At least better than what ranking leagues reflect. </p>
<p>Agree with what u said. Not everyone r know-it-all.</p>
<p>Location does not matter.</p>
<p>Based on academics, admission guidelines and chances to be admitted etc.</p>
<p>Which do u think r 6 best unis amongst them for general edu?</p>
<p>And based on quality of teaching, quality of education, quality of academics and intellectual environment.</p>
<p>Pls kindly help to rank these unis in descending order.</p>
<p>Your help is deeply appreciated and valued!</p>
<p>Hope it will help everyone else on cc as well!</p>
<p>Thank you in advance!</p>
<p>Arizona State University
Indiana University Bloomington
Iowa State University
Purdue University
University of Arizona
University of Iowa
University of Oregon
University of Maryland Baltimore County
North Carolina State University
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Michigan State University
University of Alabama
University of Maryland College Park
University of Massachusetts Amherst
University of Georgia
University of Pittsburgh</p>
<p>That’s meant to be a rhetoric Q cum hypothetical Q posed to the commentors.</p>
<p>Pls take note of this line “best school u were accepted into” anyway. It may jolly well be the event that it is much more better than other schools one is accepted to. Assuming one did not get into his or her school of choice.</p>
<p>Sure, choices are diverse and inevitable.</p>
<p>But most unis r not one-size-fits-all.</p>
<p>But what I’m highlighting in response to several replies r the fact that location is not impt to me.</p>
<p>One many want to weigh in factors like greek life and ivy league sports culture specific to Dartmouth’s unique advantages which may be much more significant to them than location. Although these r not impt factors to me.</p>
<p>In that scenario I personally wouldn’t be applying to Dartmouth in the first place. I’d rather attend a school that’s a good fit for me - I don’t want to be miserable.</p>
<p>starbaby, I don’t know if I have a rationale, but this is the best ranking I can do in the amount of time I’m willing to dedicate to it. I’m going on recent school reputation; what I’ve learned about the schools when searching for a place for my children to go to college; what I think a large state research institution should be; a bias toward eastern and northern over south/west/midwest; the reputation for faculty productivity in the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences; etc. As tk21769 points out, you could put a saucer over these schools and have a whole bunch of much better large state research unis not covered by the saucer.</p>
<p>I have my undergrad from a western large state uni and my phd from a northeastern mid-size. I live near UMD-CP and have a lot of faculty colleagues there, so full disclosure.</p>
<p>UMD-CP
University of Pittsburgh
Indiana University Bloomington
Purdue University
Arizona State University
University of Georgia
University of Arizona
North Carolina State University
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Michigan State University
University of Maryland Baltimore County
University of Oregon
Iowa State University
University of Iowa
University of Massachusetts Amherst
University of Alabama</p>
<p>I hope this helps, but I don’t know what it’s worth.</p>