i.e. what order would they go in from best to least best. please have some evidence, not just opinions.
2006-09-14 12:58:33 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Higher Education (University +)
Depends.
US News regards it as Princeton, Harvard, Yale.
ARWU regards it as Harvard, Princeton, Yale.
Most people regard it as Harvard, Yale, Princeton.
2006-09-14 13:07:05 · answer #1 · answered by Alucard 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
According to the annual U.S. News & World Report rankings, Harvard and Princeton pretty much take turns trading off at being number 1 and 2, while Yale usually hangs in at a strong number 3.
2006-09-14 13:13:11 · answer #2 · answered by backinbowl 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is not a meaningful question.
If you compare the schools that are generally rated at the top ofthe various surveys (the Ivies, MIT, Caltech, Duke, Stanford, Johsn Hopkins, Wash,U, etc) they are all great schools that will give you an absolutely terrific education. They all have terrific faculties, terrific facilities, excellent students, etc. To try to pick out one of them as being "better" than another is just not useful.
And there are 200 -300 other excellent schools out there. Not every Nobel Prize winner, or Pulitzer prize winner or Emmy award winner, (or name some other presitigious award) went to an Ivy.
This year the top 20 schools are going to admit 40,000 new students. They are going to turn down 150,000 students who were well qualified to attend. All those kids are going somewhere else.... and all of these kids will get good educations!
2006-09-14 13:15:27 · answer #3 · answered by matt 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Traditionally (and what I personally believe)...
Harvard > Yale > Stanford > Princeton
And throw MIT in the mix, for good measure.
2006-09-14 13:30:56 · answer #4 · answered by Redrum 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they each have strengths and weaknesses. you decide.
2006-09-14 13:29:37 · answer #5 · answered by Alyssy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋