<p>I think we should throw in several more universities into the discussion. Let me begin - I think Stanford is 0.023 university points better than Oxford, and is 0.012 university points better than Harvard when there is sunny weather with 83,1% humidity in Palo Alto. On May Week, Cambridge is 0.01 university points better than Oxford, assuming there are 23112 tourists in the latter. If 32% of the shops in New Haven run out of Diet Cherry Coke, then Yale will sink at least 0.0054 points below the level of Princeton. Now, it is important to note, that CalTech will not be a true rival of MIT until it donates at least one more white fridge with TWO freezer shelves to Columbia. Berkeley prime vs. Stanford on 21st of July 1987 vs. Harvard 2010 with 21 NAS faculty on sabbatical would be a tough match, but I believe Oxford would win.</p>
<p>Oxford is definitely as great as Harvard =.= Many American people think that Harvard is much better than Oxford because…Harvard is in America and Oxford is in Britain.</p>
<p>LSE does have a lot of rep.
But getting into British schools are REAL easy, if you have decent load of APs (they do not consider your transcript)</p>
<p>So for LSE, finishing all social sciences APs and 5ing all of them would be sufficient, unless you completely mess up your interview.</p>
<p>[World’s</a> Best Universities: Top 400 - US News and World Report](<a href=“http://www.usnews.com/articles/education/worlds-best-universities/2010/02/25/worlds-best-universities-top-400.html]World’s”>http://www.usnews.com/articles/education/worlds-best-universities/2010/02/25/worlds-best-universities-top-400.html)</p>
<p>@ henrymoore
why don’t bring all rankings to the table? USNEWS does not have global ranking. They just simply cite the QS ranking which is published by british organizations. One single ranking is far less convincible, so you must consider them all. The followings are frequently mentioned by my friends around the world.</p>
<p>2010 WORLD UNIVERSITY RANKING
<a href=“http://www.4icu.org/top200/[/url]”>http://www.4icu.org/top200/</a></p>
<p>ARWU (also the most cited ranking in the world)
ARWU 2009
<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academic_Ranking_of_World_Universities,_2009[/url]”>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academic_Ranking_of_World_Universities,_2009</a></p>
<p>World Universities’ ranking on the Web: Top 8000 World Ranking
<a href=“http://www.webometrics.info/top8000.asp[/url]”>http://www.webometrics.info/top8000.asp</a></p>
<p>Professional Ranking of World Universities
<a href=“http://www.ensmp.fr/Actualites/PR/Archives/2008/EMP-ranking.pdf[/url]”>http://www.ensmp.fr/Actualites/PR/Archives/2008/EMP-ranking.pdf</a></p>
<p>Performance Ranking of Scientific Papers for World Universities<br>
<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HEEACT_–_Performance_Ranking_of_Scientific_Papers_for_World_Universities[/url]”>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HEEACT_–_Performance_Ranking_of_Scientific_Papers_for_World_Universities</a></p>
<p>Newsweek:
The Top 100 Global Universities - Newsweek: International Editions
<a href=“http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14321230/site/newsweek/38123385[/url]”>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14321230/site/newsweek/38123385</a></p>
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<p>Yes, but European universities have a much less hollistic admission process than American universities. To even apply to Oxbridge, you need (I believe), A/A/A on your A-levels. In the United States, I could apply to HYP with a 3.0 GPA or a 2000 SAT. Yes, my chances aren’t as realistic but they are certainly possible. </p>
<p>Now, it’s impossible to know how many of the applicants to HYP are ‘real’ applicants versus how many are ‘just for the hell of it’ applicants. Oxbridge, on the other hand, ONLY takes applicants who have proved themselves to be in good academic standing.</p>
<p>In my opinion, Oxbridge and Harvard are on par with each other. They are fine schools with a different focus. European unis tend to be much less liberal than American unis, because they have a set cirriculum (thus making the process of changing majors much more tedious) and more serious applicants. Also, they have generally three years for a program, versus us Americans having four years for a major.</p>
<p>In all honesty, I would say that the average American applicant has a much lower chance of being admitted to Oxbridge than the British has of being admitted to HYP. I believe that sixth form/college gives British students thirteen years of schooling versus Americans having twelve years. Normally, their thirteenth year of education is equal to our first year of university. Thus, it’s much less likely for us to be to cope in Oxbridge.</p>
<p>On the other hand, the gap between Oxbridge and HYP is not a mile wide. Remember, one-third of all Nobel laureates in Economics are from the London School of Economics and Political Science. Cambridge and Columbia have the most Nobel laureates than any other school. There really is not a huge gap, if any at all, between the education one receives at Oxbridge than the education one receives at Harvard.</p>
<p>I would say that in the pure sciences and in mathematics, Cambridge outdoes Harvard, Princeton and MIT. In the classics and literature, Oxbridge outboasts the top American universities.</p>
<p>@Seta</p>
<p>I’m not that’s an objective ranking, anyway though.</p>
<p>oxfuuuurrrdd. trumps. Harvard.</p>
<p>Oxford dominates in the Humanities.</p>
<p>^An absurd claim without proof.</p>
<p>I heard Oxvard and Harford are pretty good.</p>
<p>I’m out of topic but I prefer Cambridge.</p>
<p>Hellow there people ! I’m glad to be withn your site her . I think alot of great thing I can learn from you , as i mintioned above I’m going to make an article about harvard vs oxford and later on oxford vs cambridge so I would welcome your help!</p>
<p>sorry for my broken english . I’m not native speaker</p>
<p>you are right , I agree with you highly. just what do push people to downplay oxford? just let them remember harvard was just a replica of oxford , let alone oxford was and still ground breaking university since 892 AD, doesn’t matter who would agree or deny we take it for granted . sorry for my broken english</p>
<p>I think if we want to be a just people we have to compare oxford to Cambridge University not Harvard .
OXFORD is dream all students .it’s still prestigious university.</p>
<p>the best way we can compare Oxford to Harvard by this way :(oxford is a noble person has a historic roots ,dignity, but Harvard is a rich person having a lot of money trying to get social standing among noble elite headed by oxford.</p>
<p>I think if we want to be a just people we have to compare oxford to Cambridge University not Harvard .
OXFORD is dream all students .it’s still prestigious university.
don’t get me wrong</p>
<p>the best way we can compare Oxford to Harvard by this way (oxford is noble person has a historic roots ,dignity but Harvard is a rich person having a lot of money trying to get social standing among noble elite headed by oxford.</p>
<p>warbler, I think your opinions are well thought of, and definitely researched on to some degree,but i have to say that you are somewhat wrong about the oxford admission system focusing primarily on academics.An oxford professor told me that oxford applicants have a higher chance of being admitted if they have a strong extracurricular basing.bitesize is a bit biased in his argument despite having a solid point.As for the discussion,Oxford and harvard are at par with each other in almost every field.</p>
<p>“I will only say that I’ve long held Berkeley, Cambridge, Harvard, Oxford, and Stanford to be the top 5 universities in the world.”</p>
<p>I couldn’t agree more with Warblersrule, although I would add MIT, Princeton and Yale to the mix. I know that makes 8 top 5 universities, but at that level, the difference is truly marginal and varries from field to field, department to department and person to person.</p>
<p>^^subjective subjective. You just dont make schools top 5 or top 8. There must be a reason why they are top 5. I personally dont think Oxford makes a top 5 list though. Cambridge yes, Oxford, nah</p>
<p>“As for the discussion,Oxford and harvard are at par with each other in almost every field.”</p>
<p>No they are not- on a graduate departmental basis- Harvard would mop Oxford on the ground. Maybe for undergraduate but then the saying- “different systems, different flavors comes to mind”</p>
<p>Any list that does not include MIT is greatly lacking also</p>