<p>NU trailing only Harvard comes in at 2nd place. Impressive!</p>
<p>Kind of a worthless ranking IMHO.</p>
<p>NU really has become a hot school.</p>
<p>Great to hear! Thank you for posting!</p>
<p>not that NU isn’t completely buzzworthy and awesome, but it’s most likely because of the scandal.</p>
<p>More likely because we have one of the top journalism schools in the country in a time where the only media jobs are in social media. Further, having lots of top academic/medical/etc. research come out all the time doesn’t hurt. Nor does having a BCS football team with #PersaStrong.</p>
<p>I know in our part of the country, as well as on the other coast, there is an audible buzz surrounding Northwestern recently, and not just in social media. I think the secret of NU is rapidly spreading beyond the midwest.</p>
<p>One can easily argue that all rankings, as such, are “worthless.” Nevertheless, if you have any interest in expanding the reach of the school, media reference is probably a positive thing, unless its overly negative, as Yale suffered through. Here on the west coast, NU’s reputation is as strong as its ever been and continues to improve. Of course, Portland is a lacrosse city so the NU women’s lacrosse dominance has not gone unnoticed.</p>