Best, most prestigious school in the world?

[Joenobody0]

Originally Posted by Mr. White

Who to heck revived this thread?

I went to a graduation at Berkeley the other day. Man, that place has been the University of Beijing for at least the last decade. Considering that the CSU system has only a couple of doctoral programs, the UC's showpiece location is a massive fail at being the public servant it claims to be.

That's why the campus is crumbling, they have no money, and the alumni network sucks ****. I was a Cal undergrad and grad FWIW.

 

[Citroen]

Originally Posted by Pundit

If I remember correctly, Cooper Union is the toughest to get into ....

This. If I remember correctly, I Believe they accept 700 students per year, each student is fully paid for (tuition,dorm,food, etc). Lower acceptance rate than all of the ivy's.
You pretty much need a direct blood line to Jesus and a 14 inch cock to be accepted.

 

[ConcernedParent]

Originally Posted by Joenobody0

That's why the campus is crumbling
Yep. Asians are the scourge of America, the destroyer of higher education.

 

[voxsartoria]

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[Lighthouse]

Originally Posted by voxsartoria

Am I correct in concluding after all these pages and a period of thread dormancy that the definition of the word "prestige" in this thread is (1) that which makes a bourgeois and/or immigrant parent feel that they have finally bested other bourgeois and/or immigrant parents and/or (2) that which gives a graduate population a marginal statistical advantage over a competing graduate population for financial, legal, medical, governmental or academic entry-level positions?

If so, it sounds exciting.


- B

Outstanding. Take a bow, sir.

 

[pebblegrain]

Originally Posted by Citroen

This. If I remember correctly, I Believe they accept 700 students per year, each student is fully paid for (tuition,dorm,food, etc). Lower acceptance rate than all of the ivy's. You pretty much need a direct blood line to Jesus and a 14 inch cock to be accepted.
are you daft? it has a **** ton of applicants because its free, not because its the best school in the world. If you disagree, then I guess you think 7-11 on free slurpee day is selling the best beverage in the world. same applies for the service academies

 

[Don Carlos]

Where my fellow Phoenix almuni at?

 

[ConcernedParent]

DeVry mo'fucka!

 

[Don Carlos]

Originally Posted by ConcernedParent

DeVry mo'fucka!

Maaaaan, **** y'all!

 

[Eason]

Graduate of Al Quaeda Polytechnic here.

My dad graduated from Oxford and was a professor at Harvard, but I never knew until I found his CV on his professional website. Never told anyone.

 

[Telefonica]

Originally Posted by chas

You could go back and forth forever on what the best school in the world is. I would focus on something interesting that you can get your arms around. Like the Colorado School of Mines or the Thunderbird School of Global Management. Both good schools and both very specific in focus.
Whoop Whoop, represent! I'm a mines grad myself. Best school in the country! As a matter of fact, it has the highest average starting salary of any publicly funded school in the US. I paid $2.5k per semester and landed a $65k job 6 months before I graduated. http://www.payscale.com/best-college...iversities.asp /thread Edit - it also has the highest mid career salary. I graduated 2008.

 

[Gene Parmesan]

Nice to see Oxford mentioned on here so much. I would say it can definitely contend for the 'prestigious' part of the thread title, but not the best, as the teaching varies so much by college (and, by extension, which tutors you're assigned). That said, it's nice to know that so many Americans view it the same way we view Harvard in the UK (for better or worse!)

 

[Johdus Fanfoozal]

My top schools where I want to apply to are Oxford and the Sorbonne. But my safety's Harvard.

 

[Canal Directo]

lol at Sorbonne!

 

[ginlimetonic]

+1 for

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institut_Le_Rosey

During most of the 20th century, Le Rosey was referred to as the "School of Kings", as the school has educated many notable alumni, including 7 monarchs.[7][8]

Le Rosey is currently in the planning stages of constructing the CHF 45 million (estimated $43 million USD) Carnal Hall, an Arts and Performance Centre for Le Rosey and the La Côte region currently scheduled for completion in 2012.[9][10] The school is also planning the sale of its Gstaad winter campus, and a move to a location that can accommodate more personnel and students.[11]


Their spending makes endowments look poor...