<p>yeah UCLA got significantly better as an instituition immediately Sheckman received the prize</p>
<p>UCLA’s had four Nobel prize winners within the within the past five years. (09,10,12,13) Three of the four are undergraduate alumni, which is fairly high (Berkeley in the same period only had one undergraduate alumnus win the prize.)</p>
<p>Unsurprisingly, UCLA’s already added him to the list of alumni who’ve received the prize :D</p>
<p>[Nobel</a> Laureates | UCLA](<a href=“http://www.ucla.edu/about/awards-and-honors/alumni-and-students/nobel-laureates]Nobel”>http://www.ucla.edu/about/awards-and-honors/alumni-and-students/nobel-laureates)</p>
<p>Here’s the faculty list for contrast:</p>
<p>[Nobel</a> Laureates | UCLA](<a href=“http://www.ucla.edu/about/awards-and-honors/faculty/nobel-laureates]Nobel”>http://www.ucla.edu/about/awards-and-honors/faculty/nobel-laureates)</p>
<p>^On that very same page, two of the links show UCLA had 10 Rhodes (2 in 2009 but only 4 since 1980) and 2 Marshall winners throughout its entire history. That’s low for a big school.</p>
<p>What is notable is that Stanford is the only university to be ranked in the top 5 in every subject across the board on the World Rankings - pretty impressive</p>
<p>Thanks for posting that link, beyphy.</p>
<p>Did you note on the description:
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<p>…adjunct to Cal’s medical campus? :D</p>
<p>How long have the districts been split for California Rhodes scholar applicants?</p>
<p>If District 16 only includes So. California and Hawaii, how come an Arizona person from the Naval Academy won the scholarship?
<a href=“Office of the American Secretary | The Rhodes Scholarships”>http://www.rhodesscholar.org/assets/uploads/US_winners_list_2012.pdf</a></p>
<p>And even though it’s broken into districts, it’s based on where you permanently live - not the state where you go to school.</p>
<p>The nobel prize encompasses only 5 disciplines. Its really not a good award to measure a school with. Its just like judging a school based on the number of field medalists</p>
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<p>Northwestern’s only been associated with 8 Nobel prize winners. That’s low for a good school 
(they’re going to that university across town I imagine?)</p>
<p>UCSB above UCSD and UCD? </p>
<p>Really…</p>
<p>^^ Not just SD and Davis. It’s also above Brown and Dartmouth. ;)</p>
<p>Schools like Brown and Dartmouth are disadvantaged in these citation heavy rankings.</p>
<p>RE; Rhodes. It’s a club. Historically, this club essentially recruits from the Ivies. The people on the Rhodes committees are dominated by the Ivies, especially by Harvard and Yale. So, it is a vicious circle: the Harvard/Yale - laden Rhodes selection committees in the various states choose Harvard/Yale candidates (or other Ivies, a bit less) and may throw in the random kid from a State U., but this is uncommon. The State U’s have kids every bit as bright on the Rhodes level as any of the Ivies, but the State U kid really, really, really has to have a “story” (or be an outstanding minority athlete, with a story, as in the case of the Florida State kid a few years ago) to overcome the Ivy predjudice on these committees (knowing that Ivies can give full rides) that says, in effect, “if you were any good, you wouldn’t be at State U, you would be at an Ivy.” Rhodes is pretty much a closed circle of Ivy choosing Ivy and that’s a simple, basic fact of life. So just shrug and get over it . . .</p>
<p>Don’t get me wrong…I go to UCLA and love it here…</p>
<p>…but I seriously doubt it is a better school than Columbia…or Cornell…or the University of Pennsylvania…and UCSB>UCSD? Seriously this list…</p>
<p>Hmm I find it strange that Wake Forest University isn’t on this list if Penn State is.</p>
<p>UCLA ranked ahead of U.of Michigan? UVA doesn’t make your top 50 but UCSB,U.of Illinois and U.of Minnesota do?</p>
<p>I say, either take it all - or nothing. </p>
<p>I’d rank UCSB higher - not my ranking.</p>
Are these the 2014-15 rankings?