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Yale should definitely be the "Harvard" of Law.
 
I added Australia. :wink:

Changing the category from England, to the United Kingdom, perhaps Trinity should be the Yale of UK instead of Cambridge??

And speaking of which, ARE OXFORD & CAMBRIDGE AFFILIATED ?!!?

•••quote:•••Originally posted by leorl:
Trinity is the Harvard of ireland

Flinders is the Harvard of Australia (just cuz it was praised by Harvard. I actually think Univ. of Melbourne should be given that "distinction" 🙂 )••••
 
Shout out to the Canadians:

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Blame Canada! 😀
 
•••quote:•••Originally posted by INeedAdvice:
•I added Australia. :wink:

Changing the category from England, to the United Kingdom, perhaps Trinity should be the Yale of UK instead of Cambridge??

And speaking of which, ARE OXFORD & CAMBRIDGE AFFILIATED ?!!?

•••••Well sometimes Oxford and Cambridge are together referred to as "Oxbridge" or "the two Blues" simply to distinguish their historical prestige. But they are definitely NOT affiliated, or two branches of the same school or anything. In fact, Cambridge began as a rival school started by disgruntled Oxford faculty, I forget but I think it was a Dominican vs Franciscan conflict that led to it.

Today they sometimes compete for the same students depending on the program, especially medicine. In science and engineering, Cambridge kicks Oxford's ass (and has been at the top of the overall "league tables" for a while too) but Oxford still holds sway as the place to be for men and women of letters 🙂
 
•••quote:•••Originally posted by Doctora Foxy:
•Shout out to the Canadians:

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Blame Canada! 😀 •••••Ha. We kicked your ass in the War of 1812. Since then, you've been too afraid to fight us... 🙂
 
•••quote:•••Originally posted by brandonite:
• •••quote:•••Originally posted by Doctora Foxy:
•Shout out to the Canadians:

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Blame Canada! 😀 •••••Ha. We kicked your ass in the War of 1812. Since then, you've been too afraid to fight us... 🙂 •••••What war happened in 1812?
 
•••quote:•••Originally posted by Legi:
•]What war happened in 1812?•••••What kind of Canadian are you??

It was the "War of 1812". The US attacked Canada. Canada fought back, won the war, and burned down the White House. 🙂 We were still a part of Britain back then, but still...
 
hehe , no. Trinity College is in the REPUBLIC of Ireland, which is not part of the UK. So Trinity, which is modeled off Oxford and Cambridge is still the Harvard (along with the reputation) of Ireland 🙂 .

To reiterate Zulq, Oxford and Cambridge are not affiliated, they're rivals. Big rivals. And the Dark Blues (Oxford) won the huge boat race this year 🙁 defeating the Light Blues (Cambridge) by a mere 2 seconds. *sigh*. what an exciting race although my favored team lost.

Oxford is primarily better respected for arts and humanities, while Cambridge's strength is science. Although both are great in the other fields, this is what they're known for. But I'd LOVE to do a rotation at Cambridge one day.
 
•••quote:•••Originally posted by INeedAdvice:
•20) Flinders is the "Harvard" of Australia.

•••••Oh, no it isn't!
 
I can't believe more people haven't questioned that oxford is the harvard of the UK. The FT rankings, which one could consider the US News of the UK certainly don't think so. I vote Cambridge all the way. On all the sciences and social sciences, and many of the humanities. Just cuz Rob Lowe was in a movie with Oxford in the title doesn't make it better.

Harvard is the Harvard of Harvard.
 
•••quote:•••Originally posted by brandonite:
• •••quote:•••Originally posted by Legi:
•]What war happened in 1812?•••••What kind of Canadian are you??

It was the "War of 1812". The US attacked Canada. Canada fought back, won the war, and burned down the White House. 🙂 We were still a part of Britain back then, but still...•••••Oh, I see.
No wonder I got a 'C' in Canadian History back in highschool.
 
Thanks for the clarification Zulq....the term
"Oxbridge" sounds more appropriate. :wink:

•••quote:•••leorl posted:
hehe , no. Trinity College is in the REPUBLIC of Ireland, which is not part of the UK.••••Hi Leorl,

I looked in an old dictionary and it says that the UK can be either GB with Northern Ireland or it could be GB with all of Ireland. I was using the second definition....doesn't that definition hold up today? 🙂

•••quote:•••Originally posted by Milena:
• •••quote:•••Originally posted by INeedAdvice:
•20) Flinders is the "Harvard" of Australia.
•••••Oh, no it isn't!•••••Hi Milena,
Why do you say that?
 
Personally I believe Queens to be the Harvard of Canada and I would actually choose Waterloo and U. of Toronto over McGill.
 
you canadians ought to be afraid. you only extend about 60 miles north of the border anyway. you are between us and ice. it's all over. plus all my cousins (a.k.a. double agents) are everywhere in cananda. muahahaahah

oh god, it's 0441 in the AM and you're watching prespectives...i should go off to bed.

🙂
 
HEHE oh heck no, INEED. You say that to any Irishman today, and he'll probably give ya a good hard slap. This is part of what all the northern terrorism/bombings/fighting is all about, one group wants to remain part of the UK, one group wants to join the Republic of Ireland and completely separate from Brit/UK "rule." Of course that's quite a severely simplified version of it, then you throw in the whole Catholic vs Protestant thingy and you've got a mess. The Republic of Ireland is definitely not part of the UK, but its a common misconception - your dictionary was wrong. To them, it's bad enough that Trinity has British roots and that there's a picture of the queen hanging in the exam hall. LOL Actually, rumor has it that if you sit underneath the picture of the queen during your exam, you will have bad luck and fail. No disrespect meant to the late Queen mother.
 
Yes, we have a Queen's University (in Kingston, Ontario) and King's College (in Halifax, Nova Scotia). Neither of them are religiously affiliated, to the best of my knowledge.
 
Juiliard is definitely the Harvard of the performing arts in the US (music, dance, and theatre). In my younger days, I auditioned there, but did not attend, because they were VERY stingy on scholarship $$$. However, Curtis is stronger in music itself, especially for solo performers. So, I think there is a tie. As for the rest of the arts, (visual), I have no idea.
 
SDN is the "Harvard" of pre-med boards
 
OK, I added it and put the University College of Dublin as the "Yale" of Ireland.

"it's a common misconception" - Kind of an ironic misconception coming from a country that wanted to have nothing to do with the English. <img border="0" alt="[Laughy]" title="" src="graemlins/laughy.gif" />

But seriously. Is there not a term that lumps together all of the British Isles, including all of Ireland?

Would that be "the British Isles"?

Anyone? Bueller? Anyone?? :wink:

•••quote:•••Originally posted by leorl:
•HEHE oh heck no, INEED. You say that to any Irishman today, and he'll probably give ya a good hard slap. This is part of what all the northern terrorism/bombings/fighting is all about, one group wants to remain part of the UK, one group wants to join the Republic of Ireland and completely separate from Brit/UK "rule." Of course that's quite a severely simplified version of it, then you throw in the whole Catholic vs Protestant thingy and you've got a mess. The Republic of Ireland is definitely not part of the UK, but its a common misconception - your dictionary was wrong. To them, it's bad enough that Trinity has British roots and that there's a picture of the queen hanging in the exam hall. LOL Actually, rumor has it that if you sit underneath the picture of the queen during your exam, you will have bad luck and fail. No disrespect meant to the late Queen mother.•••••
 
Back to the original question...

ASU is the "Harvard" of the party schools
UNLV is the "Yale" of the party schools
 
And this thread is the HARVARD of "HARVARD of the Academic World" threads....
 
I believe Queen's University, U of T, or UBC is the Harvard of Canada. Here in Canada, people don't give as high regard to McGill as other people around the world. (aka, McGill spends a lot of time trying to improve their international rep)
 
•••quote:•••Originally posted by jase133:
•I believe Queen's University, U of T, or UBC is the Harvard of Canada. Here in Canada, people don't give as high regard to McGill as other people around the world. (aka, McGill spends a lot of time trying to improve their international rep)•••••You are being unfair toward McGill.As far as i know, people really consider McGill as one of the top Canadian school with Toronto.
 
*Ahem*

McGill is a great school. Don't get me wrong. But in terms national reputation a la Harvard, it isn't there with Queen's, U of T, and UBC.

Please rebuttal me.
 
So what faction is Pro-UT or Pro-McGill? See my previous post.

There is always politics involved in something like this. :wink:

•••quote:•••Originally posted by Ray22:
• •••quote:•••Originally posted by jase133:
•I believe Queen's University, U of T, or UBC is the Harvard of Canada. Here in Canada, people don't give as high regard to McGill as other people around the world. (aka, McGill spends a lot of time trying to improve their international rep)•••••You are being unfair toward McGill.As far as i know, people really consider McGill as one of the top Canadian school with Toronto.•••••
 
my friend at asu says he *ahem* walks around with a boner

&lt;sigh&gt;, i think i went to the wrong undergrad

•••quote:•••Originally posted by Samoa:
•yeah, I'd have to agree on ASU being the party school. But Univ of TX is a close second.•••••
 
•••quote:•••Originally posted by matthew0126:
•my friend at asu says he *ahem* walks around with a boner

&lt;sigh&gt;, i think i went to the wrong undergrad

•••quote:•••Originally posted by Samoa:
•yeah, I'd have to agree on ASU being the party school. But Univ of TX is a close second.••••••••••ASU is f#cking fantastic for college chicks. If you require a more refined, less pure taste in women, Nevada- Las Vegas is where you should be. I can't tell you how many strippers were in my Bio classes or whom I TA'd.
 
This is so gonna get move to the Everyone forum. 😉
 
Originally posted by matthew0126
my friend at asu says he *ahem* walks around with a boner

&lt;sigh&gt;, i think i went to the wrong undergrad

•••quote:•••Originally posted by Samoa:
•yeah, I'd have to agree on ASU being the party school. But Univ of TX is a close second.•••••
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I'm going to have to tell my mom that. She went to ASU, and it'd probably make her day.:laugh:
 
From someone who has lived in Austin TX for a while, I can say unequivocally that UT is the Harvard of schools for finding hot chicks. 😀
 
cornell is the harvard of ithaca.
 
Originally posted by jase133
*Ahem*

McGill is a great school. Don't get me wrong. But in terms national reputation a la Harvard, it isn't there with Queen's, U of T, and UBC.

Please rebuttal me.
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I am from BC, and the general consencus is that McGill has better rep than UBC. But that's also partly because we know many people who go to UBC, so Queen's, U of Toronto and McGill just sound better.

You know, this is a weird thing. People tend to equate something they don't know too well to be "all that" (case in point, North Americans' obsession with the name, Oxford). However, Ontario residents defy that rule because it seems that the most feverent supporters of U of Toronto are actually people from Ontario. Doesn't familiarity breed contempt for all of you living in ON?

In the US, McGill is the biggie, period. In Canada, I don't see a difference in terms of reputation between McGill, Toronto and Queen's (EXCEPT if you are from Ontario because U of Toronto > McGill is automatic for you guys) 😉
 
Another Canuck (but not for long) checking in.... 🙂

I went to McGill, and would say that:

1) Its reputation nationally is probably about the same as UT, Queens and UBC but definitely not more. For what it's worth, the MacLean magazine rankings (US News equivalent) has it fourth.

2) The University does not have the funds at this time to deserve its much superior international reputation. Harvard it ain't by any means. 🙁

3) Temple has absolutely NOTHING to it in terms of cool city campus! 😀
 
Originally posted by Lara
3) Temple has absolutely NOTHING to it in terms of cool city campus! 😀
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I was wondering the same thing. I don't think the poster has been around Temple's campus after 2am.
 
Originally posted by judoka
cornell is the harvard of ithaca.
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Admittedly, I don't know what to do with Cornell. They're the only Ivy League school not on either list.

Any suggestions???? (other than the "Harvard of Ithaca" :laugh: )

Oh...and I'm surprised this hasn't been moved to The Everyone forum yet...
 
Wash U is the Harvard of the Midwest.
 
Originally posted by CatsAreKillers
At what does Cornell excel? 😕


Bucknell is the Harvard of ivy league wannabees.

Colgate is the Yale ....

😛


(Aren't both schools the only non-ivy league members of their football division?)
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No way. Tufts is the Harvard of Ivy wannabees... I don't understand what you mean by non-Ivy members of their football division for Colgate. The Ivy League is a football division. Maybe you're mixing it up with ECAC. Colgate is in the ECAC for hockey along with some Ivy schools, but not all of them, and there are certainly more than 2 non-Ivies in the conference, and I don't think Bucknell is one of them.

-RA
 
Originally posted by SMW
Wash U is the Harvard of the Midwest.
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I always thought Chicago...but what do I know about the Midwest...

-RA
 
I would just like to state for the record that the University of California, Berkeley is not a school of liberal kooks. I am a fourth year here and I am neither a liberal, nor a kook. I think it is safe to say that most students here are quite normal. People always associate Berkeley with political activism, which is still relatively strong, but nothing like it was in the 60's. We are not tree hugging, banner waving, armlinking hippies. I think our local media totally overplays anything political here.

The real Berkeley is/has
1. Quite academically oriented. Highly competitive students. World-class faculty, who are also dedicated researchers. We've had two Nobel Prizes in the past two years, for 18 total.
2. A recovering football team...last year, we were 1-10, this year we are 3-0 so far (last week, we beat Mich. St.) we haven't been 3-0 since Steve Mariucci was coach here.
3. Truly awful academic support. Enormous class sizes. You fend for yourself here.
4. Horrible housing crunch and parking problems. I pay $650 for a room, and $100/month for parking.
5. Good entertainment. Zellerbach attracts great talent from Mark Morris to Alvin Ailey, ABT to the Bolshoi, Yo-Yo Ma to Richard Goode.

Anyhow, enough babbling.
 
Originally posted by BananaSplit
I would just like to state for the record that the University of California, Berkeley is not a school of liberal kooks. I am a fourth year here and I am neither a liberal, nor a kook. I think it is safe to say that most students here are quite normal. People always associate Berkeley with political activism, which is still relatively strong, but nothing like it was in the 60's. We are not tree hugging, banner waving, armlinking hippies. I think our local media totally overplays anything political here.

The real Berkeley is/has
1. Quite academically oriented. Highly competitive students. World-class faculty, who are also dedicated researchers. We've had two Nobel Prizes in the past two years, for 18 total.
2. A recovering football team...last year, we were 1-10, this year we are 3-0 so far (last week, we beat Mich. St.) we haven't been 3-0 since Steve Mariucci was coach here.
3. Truly awful academic support. Enormous class sizes. You fend for yourself here.
4. Horrible housing crunch and parking problems. I pay $650 for a room, and $100/month for parking.
5. Good entertainment. Zellerbach attracts great talent from Mark Morris to Alvin Ailey, ABT to the Bolshoi, Yo-Yo Ma to Richard Goode.

Anyhow, enough babbling.
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Political activism seems to be more alive in Berkeley than anywhere else. Some of the so-called activism I've seen at other schools is a bloody joke.

Go CalBears! 🙂 But hey, $100/mo. for parking, I pay more than that for parking in an 8 story garage in the city. That's actually not that bad in an urban area; I'm surprised you only pay $100!

$650/mo. for a room is in the range I've heard from Berkeley kids I know, at least for a double room (or for 2 people in a 1BR), but yeah, that's a little high, unless you're in NY or Georgetown.
-RA
 
Originally posted by omniatlas
•••quote:•••Originally posted by INeedAdvice:
•Since this is OT, I started it as a new thread.

4) Duke is the "Harvard" of the South.
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•[/QUOTE]

Hmm...actually, thats up for debate -- I've been hearing that Emory is the "Harvard" of the South. Anyone wanna take me on? 😀 [/QUOTE]

Yikes. Emory's not even the Harvard of Atlanta...that belongs to Georgia Tech...

-RA
 
Originally posted by Random Access
•
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Hmm...actually, thats up for debate -- I've been hearing that Emory is the "Harvard" of the South. Anyone wanna take me on? 😀 [/QUOTE]

Yikes. Emory's not even the Harvard of Atlanta...that belongs to Georgia Tech...

-RA [/B][/QUOTE]

ha ha, where the f*ck did you hear that one? :laugh: Ga Tech? give me a break, i guess all those great NON engineering programs at tech, ehh? 🙄

Ga tech is the "harvard of next to top tier engineering programs that aren't quite cal tech and mit, but still better than FIT, Vatech, etc"

and, UGA is going to whup them this year in football
 
Who cares? if Duke or Emory is the Harvard of the South..

UNC-Chapel Hill is the Harvard of the PEOPLE...


Alas the motto, the "Univesity of the People" & the first one at it too.
 
Originally posted by turbon
Who cares? if Duke or Emory is the Harvard of the South..

UNC-Chapel Hill is the Harvard of the PEOPLE...


Alas the motto, the "Univesity of the People" & the first one at it too.
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GO HEELS!!!!! 😍 😍 😍
 
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