<p>If you’re going to ■■■■■ for Univ. of Wisconsin, try not to be so sneaky about it…</p>
<p>I am not really sure what that means “to ■■■■■” for an institution but I feel that it is worth pointing out that some universities have very robust systems to manage patents which ultimately benefits the researchers and students. UW had an organization called WARF that did this for us and my former department, Bacteriology, derived a great deal of benefit from their astute management of the marketing rights to a very popular cosmetic surgery substance discovered in the department.</p>
<p>If I were evaluating universities, particularly as a scientist, this is a measure that I would take note of.</p>
<p>^^^ Sorry your Durham, NC school didn’t make the list…</p>
<p>I didn’t choose my graduate institution just on this criteria, I also decided based on the presence of specific types of research, projects available and a myriad of other factors. As a point of fact, I had a really tough time deciding between my Durham NC school and another one about eight miles away that did make the list.</p>
<p>Maybe UW is not getting its due respect from the ignorant masses such as some in this thread. Flyover country and all that.</p>
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It’s impressive that UNC made the list, considering that unlike the others it lacks an engineering program.</p>
<p>The include NC State and all the other NC publics that are part of the UNC System. Read the article.
A little release about WARF today:</p>
<p>"The licensing director at one of the country’s biggest academic technology transfer offices has left to become general counsel at Promega Corp.</p>
<p>Craig Christianson’s last day at the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation was Friday, said Janet Kelly, a WARF spokeswoman.</p>
<p>“Craig developed a great licensing staff while at WARF and made many contributions to our success. He was offered a terrific opportunity and we congratulate him and wish him the best,” Carl Gulbrandsen, WARF’s managing director, said in a statement.</p>
<p>“While we will miss Craig here, staff transitions like this often help us forge stronger connections with important companies like Promega.” Promega is a Madison-based biotech company.</p>
<p>WARF, the technology transfer arm of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, is one of the biggest such organizations in the world. It serves as the bridge between UW-Madison research and industry by licensing stem cells, pharmaceutical drugs, medical imaging and cancer radiation systems and a host of other technologies.</p>
<p>Michael Falk, WARF’s general counsel, will serve as the interim licensing director, overseeing the organization’s 10 licensing professionals, Kelly said. WARF’s management team is working with its board of directors and staff to permanently fill the position, she said."</p>
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<p>When I was 11 years old, I had to take the SAT for admission to a nationally-recognized gifted and talented program. I took it cold and scored a 1430 (M&CR). This would have placed me way above the 25%ile at UW as a pre-teen (tween). That combined with UW’s 53% acceptance rate is why the school gets its “due respect” from me.</p>
<p>Certain “flyover country” schools (such as U Chicago and Northwestern) are worthy of respect. UW? Not so much…</p>
<p>The only truly prestigious and selective undergraduate institutions on the list are: MIT, Stanford, Caltech and (to a certain extent) Cornell.</p>
<p>Maybe it’s more about the professors than the students. As a public UW has a wide range of students from Nobel prize winners on down. One of the few double Nobel winners is a UW grad. But you have made clear what sort of person you are. One I would rather not have around. Good luck with that attitude. You’ll need it.</p>
<p>I have yet to see a college grad get a job based on the qualifications of his or her university’s faculty…</p>
<p>Then you don’t know much. A good word from my major professor to a company was good enought to get hired. How do you think universities built their reputations??</p>
<p>Anyway barrons, thanks for posting that list. Interesting.</p>
<p>“The only truly prestigious and selective undergraduate institutions on the list are: MIT, Stanford, Caltech and (to a certain extent) Cornell.”</p>
<p>You are blinded by selectivity. All of the schools on the list are at the top of their departments for either science or engineering.</p>
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<p>All things being equal, especially on the undergraduate level, top students are attracted to other top students more than top professors. Otherwise, students would be choosing UW over, say, Brown or Dartmouth…</p>
<p>Let me be more specific: no one is going to judge you based on the intelligence of your professors, but they may judge you based on the intelligence of your peers (to which you belong).</p>
<p>That said, of course, star faculty are preferable to non-star faculty, especially for graduate school references. Unfortunately, students are more likely to get to know their professors well enough for recommendations at a smaller private than a larger public…</p>
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<p>It goes without saying because I am talking about selectivity…</p>
<p>What was the reason for pointing out the “selective and prestigious” schools on the list?Also, selectivity does not equal prestige…</p>
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<p>No, but they are highly correlated…</p>
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<p>What do you think is more relevant to prospective students? The selectivity and prestige of schools or the number/type of patents they hold…</p>
<p>Selectivity and prestige are separate from each other. Tell me if you recognize the some of the schools at the top of this list: [Best</a> Colleges - Education - US News and World Report](<a href=“http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/lowest-acceptance-rate]Best”>http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/lowest-acceptance-rate) . Just because they are selective, does not make them prestigious. The vice versa also holds true. Are you saying schools like UChicago and UMich are not prestigious because they have over a 25% acceptance rate? Despite having high acceptance rates, these colleges are very prestigious.</p>