<p>McGill comes out #3 in Canada (ouch) behind UofT and UBC.</p>
<p>McGill is #26 in North America and #35 worldwide.</p>
<p>McGill comes out ahead of Washington University in St. Louis #38, Rice University #47, Vanderbilt #51, Brown #55, Emory #61, USC #73, Dartmouth #99, Georgetown #164. </p>
<p>What do these surveys mean? They are all attempts to measure the unmeasurable. I believe that the QS survey is the most valid (McGill #1 in Canada, #19 worldwide) but I'm biased.</p>
<p>haha, you are biased tom. But I respect how you put this up when you said you would on the other post.</p>
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<p>Personal opinion, I think this one and the Chinese one are more accurate because it focuses on research, publications.</p>
<p>Some of these rankings seem out of whack: Queen’s and Laval are not ranked but Simon Fraser is? Also, for American schools, Georgetown at 164??? Dartmouth 99???</p>
<p>they are prestigious schools but they aren’t that research intensive. That is why the UC system is ranked very high even though they are not that prestigious, because they churn out research papers like a printing press. Same thing with UMich. Also it seems like the ranking is based on a per capita basis too. It is great to see extremely small schools like Caltech getting the #2 spot because they do it better than almost everybody on a per capita basis and it is about time they get some recognition.</p>
<p>McGill just needs to focus on its research and attracting top professors instead of perpetuating its past glory. It is very hard to do that with the kind of money mcgill has though. So donate your surplus to Campaign McGill, raise tuition on par with other schools of similar caliber, get the large firms to support the cause. Because if we are going to be dependent on Quebec, our rankings will just continue to slip.</p>
<p>It’s not Mcgill its the ranking. The Chinese and QS (which puts McGill at 19 worldwide) are much more focused on relevant criteria rather than all the focus on research/journal articles.</p>
<p>let’s be honest, we will have agreed with any ranking where McGill was placed on top 20…</p>
<p>More and more rankings are putting mcgill farther and farther behind. Perhaps it has something to do with the university and not the rankings.</p>
<p>You choose to believe the rankings that match your opinion and ignore the rankings that don’t match your opinion: Maclean’s and QS.</p>
<p>Perhaps this year we will see UofT ahead of mcgill on Macleans.</p>
<p>“More and more rankings are putting mcgill farther and farther behind. Perhaps it has something to do with the university and not the rankings.”
This. (And I love McGill, so I’m not bashing). </p>
<p>U of T was #1 in Maclean’s ranking until the boycott. Along with UBC, they’re the top 3 schools in Canada. In what order, I don’t really care, to be honest. I’ve seen them arranged in every way. They’re just rankings of data that is largely irrelevant to undergrads.</p>