world list of 50 best universities

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1. harvard
2. uc Berkeley
3. MIT
4. Cal tech
5. oxford
6. cambridge
7. stanFUrd
8. yale
9. princeton

GO CAL BEARS!!!




http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-1343642,00.html

 

[Jeffy]

I'm assuming that this list is about grad programs in general?

 

[Jeffy]

Full List

 

[Haybrant]

UCB baby; all we need now is a football team; oh wait....

 

[constructor]

1. harvard
2. uc Berkeley
3. MIT
4. Cal tech
5. oxford
6. cambridge
7. stanFUrd
8. yale
9. princeton

GO CAL BEARS!!!




http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-1343642,00.html

this is even more arbitrary nonsense than the us news rankings. how the hell is cal up there above schools that are indisputably better in terms of the quality of students, faculty, and funding they receive? you must've searched for days to find these rankings, sdnstud 😉

 

[Haybrant]

this is even more arbitrary nonsense than the us news rankings. how the hell is cal up there above schools that are indisputably better in terms of the quality of students, faculty, and funding they receive? you must've searched for days to find these rankings, sdnstud 😉

perhaps you fail to realize cal's grad programs are the top in the nation in almost all categories; and the quality of students is top notch as is the faculty; not that it isnt at other places, just alot more creativity flowing at Cal, in all subject, than most places

 

[Medikit]

That's awesome, all of those schools are awesome.

 

[ellia08]

MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY???? (#31 for those of you looking)

Come on!! at least get the name right. grrr. I mean, there is more than one university in michigan.

 

[davidus]

what a silly ranking. How on earth do you compare caltech with oxford? they must not figure in undergrad educations at all. that's why cal is so high...

 

[opinionkitten]

24 in the world, woot!

 

[synapse lapse]

Yeah this ranking is so stupid, UT Austin is on there but not Rice? Not to meantion the numerous other schools that are so much better than those on the list. This is gibberish.

 

[ByrnBabyByrn]

they must not figure in undergrad educations at all. that's why cal is so high...

yeah, because as we all know Cal is absolutely pitiful as an undergraduate school.

 

[constructor]

well, certainly plenty pitiful enough to be only #3 in the state of california behind stanford and cal tech. but who cares, right? cuz they're #2 in the far more prestigious "world rankings"!!!

 

[SanDiegoSOD]

Woohoo!!! I'll take # 24, baby... Try and beat that! 😉

 

[NYCDesi]

IIT (Indian Institue of Technology) is #41???

This list is even more arbitrarily nonsensical than the US News list.

 

[YzIa]

I agree, Illinois University on the list. Hell, I don't think Illinois could beat out many schools in the Big Ten, let alone get on the top 50 world wide.

 

[saki0005]

what about University of Minnesota? GO GOPHERS!

 

[lakersfan]

For those debating the validity of cals undergrad programs, may i remind u that schools like 'furd and harvard dont even have undergraduate business programs. On the other hands, CAL's undergrad business program is ranked third in the nation as is the engineering program. If you look at US News rankings in all other fields (cell bio, math, etc etc...) it is hard to find a subject in which CAL is NOT in the top 5. And it is this faculty that actually teaches the undergrads so I think CAL is surely deserving of its number 2 ranking. In addition, CAL has always been a great school for sports (except football). Now that our football team is ranked 4th in the nation by the BCS and 5th in hte nation by the AP, I think CAL is certainly deserving of its lofty ranking. We all know the US News rankings are garbage. They are heavily biased towards private universities which have low student to faculty ratios. Unlike other prestigious institutions, CAL does not take part in inflating its students grades. The question we should all be asking is why is CAL not ranked number 1. 😀

 

[YzIa]

what about University of Minnesota? GO GOPHERS!

Like I said about Illinois, not that I am a gopher fan. By the way, it looks like your two amazing running backs and potent offense finally met their match last week 😉

 

[YzIa]

For those debating the validity of cals undergrad programs, may i remind u that schools like 'furd and harvard dont even have undergraduate business programs. On the other hands, CAL's undergrad business program is ranked third in the nation as is the engineering program. If you look at US News rankings in all other fields (cell bio, math, etc etc...) it is hard to find a subject in which CAL is NOT in the top 5. And it is this faculty that actually teaches the undergrads so I think CAL is surely deserving of its number 2 ranking. In addition, CAL has always been a great school for sports (except football). Now that our football team is ranked 4th in the nation by the BCS and 5th in hte nation by the AP, I think CAL is certainly deserving of its lofty ranking. We all know the US News rankings are garbage. They are heavily biased towards private universities which have low student to faculty ratios. Unlike other prestigious institutions, CAL does not take part in inflating its students grades. The question we should all be asking is why is CAL not ranked number 1. 😀

The BCS is a sham, especially when both polls agree! Cal is not #4

 

[drnima]

UCSD got ahead of UCLA? Bullcrap.
Still, we're in the top 30, I'll take that. Go Bruins.

 

[lakersfan]

The BCS is a sham, especially when both polls agree! Cal is not #4

Are you from Utah and just mad that the utes dropped to 7?
jk.
I really think CAL should be ranked number 2. USC was very fortunate to beat us on Oct. 9. USC is a good team but I would love for CAL to get another shot at them in Florida next year.

 

[YzIa]

Are you from Utah and just mad that the utes dropped to 7?
jk.
I really think CAL should be ranked number 2. USC was very fortunate to beat us on Oct. 9. USC is a good team but I would love for CAL to get another shot at them in Florida next year.

Utah is only undefeated because of their opponents. I speak for WI, who may draw CAL in the Rose bowl if SI's predictions hold true.

 

[lakersfan]

Utah is only undefeated because of their opponents. I speak for WI, who may draw CAL in the Rose bowl if SI's predictions hold true.

Haha, yeah u are right. Wisconsin will play cal in the rose bowl if both teams win out (and if OU and SC win out). I think it would be a great game but I really hope CAL gets a second chance at SC in the orange bowl.

 

[constructor]

For those debating the validity of cals undergrad programs, may i remind u that schools like 'furd and harvard dont even have undergraduate business programs. On the other hands, CAL's undergrad business program is ranked third in the nation as is the engineering program. If you look at US News rankings in all other fields (cell bio, math, etc etc...) it is hard to find a subject in which CAL is NOT in the top 5. And it is this faculty that actually teaches the undergrads so I think CAL is surely deserving of its number 2 ranking. In addition, CAL has always been a great school for sports (except football). Now that our football team is ranked 4th in the nation by the BCS and 5th in hte nation by the AP, I think CAL is certainly deserving of its lofty ranking. We all know the US News rankings are garbage. They are heavily biased towards private universities which have low student to faculty ratios. Unlike other prestigious institutions, CAL does not take part in inflating its students grades. The question we should all be asking is why is CAL not ranked number 1. 😀

you are out of your mind...

 

[constructor]

Are you from Utah and just mad that the utes dropped to 7?
jk.
I really think CAL should be ranked number 2. USC was very fortunate to beat us on Oct. 9. USC is a good team but I would love for CAL to get another shot at them in Florida next year.

usc would've kicked your ass if they had been gelling early on in the season. should i remind you that they almost lost to stanford, too, which is a pathetic team because stanford actually cares way more about having academically accomplished athletes than cal does? usc has steamrolled people ever since, so i would like to see what you guys do against them next time...

 

[IllinoisStudent]

I agree, Illinois University on the list. Hell, I don't think Illinois could beat out many schools in the Big Ten, let alone get on the top 50 world wide.

I m Illinois resident. I don't know any Illinois university 😕

I only know of
University of Chicago,
Northwestern University
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaing (UIUC)
University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC)
University of Illinois at Springfield (UIS) Yea it exists!..It just opened I think.
Illinois State University (ISU).

Which one of this is Illinois University?

 

[Hallm_7]

USC and Cal would get beat by Auburn, Oklahoma, or Georgia. The PAC-10 is always overrated because the competition isn't nearly as good as that of the SEC or Big 12.

 

[IllinoisStudent]

World Institution
rank

1 Harvard University
2 University of California, Berkeley
3 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
4 California Inst Tech
7 Stanford University
8 Yale University
9 Princeton University
13 Chicago University
15 University of Texas at Austin
19 Columbia University
20 University of California, San Francisco
21 McGill University
23 Cornell University
24 University of California, San Diego
25 Johns Hopkins University
26 University of California, Los Angeles
28 Pennsylvania University
31 Michigan University
35 Illinois University
37 Toronto University
38 Carnegie Mellon University
45 Massachusetts University
46 British Columbia University
52 Duke University
59 Purdue University
61 Brown University
65 Georgia Institute of* Technology
66 Wisconsin University
72 University of California, Santa Barbara
73 Northwestern University
74 Washington University
75 Boston University
79 New York University
81 Yeshiva University
82 Minnesota University
86 Rochester University
88 Case Western Reserve University
90 Alabama University
104 Tufts University
105 Texas A&M University
106 Iowa University
107 Colorado University
109 Washington University- St Louis
115 Brandeis University
116 Michigan State University
117 North Carolina University
118 Virginia University
130 Penn State University
134 Maryland University
136 Stony Brook, State University of* New York

 

[IllinoisStudent]

Rank Institution Country


1 Harvard University US
2 California University Berkeley US
3 Massachusetts Institute of Technology US
4 California Institute of Technology US
5 Oxford University UK
6 Cambridge University UK
7 Stanford University US
8 Yale University US
9 Princeton University US
10 ETH Zurich CH
11 London School of Economics UK
12 Tokyo University JP
13 Chicago University US
14 Imperial College London UK
15 University of Texas at Austin US
16 Australian National University AU
17 Beijing University CN
18 National University Singapore SG
19 Columbia University US
20 University of California, San Francisco US
21 McGill University CA
22 Melbourne University AU
23 Cornell University US
24 University of California, San Diego US
25 Johns Hopkins University US
26 University of California, Los Angeles US
27 Ecole Polytechnique FR
28 Pennsylvania University US
29 Kyoto University JP
30 Ecole Normale Super Paris FR
31 Michigan University US
32 Ecole Polytechnique F?d?rale de Lausanne CH
33 Monash University AU
34 University College London UK
35 Illinois University US
36 New South Wales University AU
37 Toronto University CA
38 Carnegie Mellon University US
39 Hong Kong University HK
40 Sydney University AU
41 Indian Institute of Technology IN
42 Hong Kong University of Sci & Tech HK
43 Manchester University & UMIST UK
44 School of Oriental and African Studies UK
45 Massachusetts University US
46 British Columbia University CA
47 Heidelberg University DE
48 Edinburgh University UK
49 Queensland University AU
50 Nanyang University SG
51 Tokyo Institute of Technology JP
52 Duke University US
53 Catholic University Louvain BE
54 Brussels Free University BE
55 RMIT University AU
56 Adelaide University AU
57 Paris VI, Pierre et Marie Curie FR
58 Sussex University UK
59 Purdue University US
60 Tech University Berlin DE
61 Brown University US
62 Tsing Hua University CN
63 Copenhagen University DK
64 Erasmus University Rotterdam NL
65 Georgia Institute of Technology US
66 Wisconsin University US
67 Auckland University NZ
68 Macquarie University AU
69 Osaka University JP
70 St Andrews University UK
71 Sorbonne Paris FR
72 University of California, Santa Barbara US
73 Northwestern University US
74 Washington University US
75 Boston University US
76 Curtin University of Technology AU
77 Vienna Technical University AT
78 Delft University of Technology NL
79 New York University US
80 Warwick University UK
81 Yeshiva University US
82 Minnesota University US
83 Eindhoven University of Technology NL
84 Chinese University Hong Kong HK
85 G?ttingen University DE
86 Rochester University US
87 Trinity College, Dublin IE
88 Case Western Reserve University US
89 Malaya University MY
90 Alabama University US
91 Bristol University UK
92 Lomonosov Moscow State University RU
93 Hebrew University Jerusalem IL
94 Vienna University AT
95 Technical University Munich DE
96 Western Australia University AU
97 King's College London UK
98 Amsterdam University NL
99 Munich University DE
100 Queen Mary, University of London UK
101 Oslo University NO
102 National Taiwan University TW
103 Bath University UK
104 Tufts University US
105 Texas A&M University US
106 Iowa University US
107 Colorado University US
108 Massey University NZ
109 Washington University, St Louis US
110 Chalmers University of Technology SE
111 Sains Malaysia University MY
112 Glasgow University UK
113 University of Technology, Sydney AU
114 Otago University NZ
115 Brandeis University US
116 Michigan State University US
117 North Carolina University US
118 Virginia University US
119 Seoul National University KR
120 Utrecht University NL
121 Paris XI, Orsay FR
122 Royal Institute of Technology SE
123 Maastricht University NL
124 Stuttgart University DE
125 Humboldt University Berlin DE
126 Birmingham University UK
127 Aarhus University DK
128 Durham University UK
129 Helsinki University FI
130 Penn State University US
131 Leiden University NL
132 Strasbourg University FR
133 Leeds University UK
134 Maryland University US
135 Bonn University DE
136 Stony Brook, State of New York University US
137 York University UK
138 Dartmouth College US
139 Stockholm University SE
140 Uppsala University SE
141 Utah University US
142 La Trobe University AU
143 Waterloo University CA
144 Toulouse University FR
145 Technical University of Denmark DK
146 Rice University US
147 Hamburg University DE
148 Mcmaster University CA
149 Kiel University DE
150 Sheffield University UK
151 Liverpool University UK
152 Karlsruhe University DE
153 Tohoku University JP
154 China University of Sci & Tech CN
155 Montpellier 1 University FR
156 Vanderbilt University US
157 Frankfurt University DE
158 Technion - Israel Institute of Technology IL
159 Madrid Autonomous University ES
160 Korea Advanced Institute of Sci & Tech KR
161 Tasmania University AU
162 La Sapienza University IT
163 Pohang University of Sci & Tech KR
164 Innsbruck University AT
165 Georgetown University US
166 Alberta University CA
167 Nagoya University JP
168 Dundee University UK
169 W?rzburg University DE
170 Nottingham University UK
171 Lund University SE
172 Technische Hochschule Darmstadt DE
173 Emory University US
174 Indiana University US
175 University of California, Santa Cruz US
176 Helsinki University of Technology FI
177 Universit? de Montr?al CA
178 Freiburg University DE
179 Newcastle Upon Tyne University UK
180 University of Southern California US
181 Lancaster University UK
182 University of California, Davis US
183 Arizona University US
184 RWTH Aachen DE
185 Queen's University Belfast UK
186 Bologna University IT
187 Norwegian University of Sci & Tech NO
188 Tulane University US
189 Leicester University UK
190 Rutgers State University US
191 Nijmegen University NL
192 Nanjing University CN
193 Southampton University UK
194 Aberdeen University UK
195 National Autonomous University of Mexico MX
196 Fudan University CN
197 Bremen University DE
198 City University of Hong Kong HK
199 Virginia Polytechnic Inst US
200 Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst US

 

[lakersfan]

usc would've kicked your ass if they had been gelling early on in the season. should i remind you that they almost lost to stanford, too, which is a pathetic team because stanford actually cares way more about having academically accomplished athletes than cal does? usc has steamrolled people ever since, so i would like to see what you guys do against them next time...

I dont think we should be mentioning usc and cal in the same breath as stanfurd. I can guarantee you that 'furd is getting a big time a@# wupping on november 20th in memorial. Stanfurd's football program is one that has went down the drain since Tedford arrived at Cal. It's kinda funny how you metion Stanfurd's near victory...that game was in Stanfurd and your pathetic team still couldn't finish the game off. We (CAL) on the other hand went down to L.A. and almost beat usc in front of their 90,000 fans in front of a national audience . In addition, the following week, the third best team in the pac 10 (asu) went down to USC and lost by 30+ points. I know you guys in furd are pissed that you continue to win in sports that no one really cares about and can't win in the sports that matter the most. Your bball team was ranked number 1 last year and yet you guys still managed to drop out in the first week of the NCAA tournament.

In regards to academics, I think its quite funny you mention this. CAL actually has standards to adhere too that are more stringent than that which the NCAA enforces. On the other hand, FURD being a private junior university has to meet the minimum standards set by the NCAA. So next time you write something, think about it!

 

[YzIa]

I was assuming Illinois U meant U of Illinois, the fighting alliani(sp?) as they did the same thing the U MICH.

 

[Fermata]

Wow.

This list is total nonsense.

Well, at least the Harvard folk have yet one more thing to wank off to now.

 

[IllinoisStudent]

I was assuming Illinois U meant U of Illinois, the fighting alliani(sp?) as they did the same thing the U MICH.

I c. So they are talking about U of I or University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC). Btw, it is Fighting Illini.

I don't know about U of I being better than Northwestern. They did have two Noble Prize Winners last year though.

I don't see the point of these rankings. It is all subjective.

 

[aesop]

UCSD #24, what what, where you at tritons?
Yet another ranking organization realizing what we have all known for your years..... UCSD straight owns UCLA on every level......location......girls.........academics...... and research. Sorry Bruins 🙁

 

[ByrnBabyByrn]

usc would've kicked your ass if they had been gelling early on in the season. should i remind you that they almost lost to stanford, too, which is a pathetic team because stanford actually cares way more about having academically accomplished athletes than cal does? usc has steamrolled people ever since, so i would like to see what you guys do against them next time...

Cal played one of its worst games of the year against usc and still nearly won. and usc certainly didn't look like a powerhouse when it was losing most of the game to a pathetic oregon state team last week. Academically accomplished athletes?! How about having some athletically accomplished athletes? Yeah, I'm sure Stanford is far more concerned that their players get their coveted communications and sociology degrees than actually winning some games. Miramax or Paramount should buy the rights to the UCLA v. Stanford game because that was the best piece of comedy I've seen in years. I was laughing my ass off for two hours.

 

[tank you]

UCSD #24, what what, where you at tritons?
Yet another ranking organization realizing what we have all known for your years..... UCSD straight owns UCLA on every level......location......girls.........academics...... and research. Sorry Bruins 🙁

girls? lol. how'd u come up with that one?

 

[SitraAchra]

Yeah this ranking is so stupid, UT Austin is on there but not Rice? Not to meantion the numerous other schools that are so much better than those on the list. This is gibberish.

UT has alot more research and a business school, international magnet

dont be a hater!

 

[davidus]

In regards to academics, I think its quite funny you mention this. CAL actually has standards to adhere too that are more stringent than that which the NCAA enforces. On the other hand, FURD being a private junior university has to meet the minimum standards set by the NCAA. So next time you write something, think about it!

You've got to be kidding, right?

The overall record for Big Game is 54-42-11 Stanford. What more do you need? Stanford is obviously better than Cal in the vast majority of sports. And the reason Stanford's football team is never that great is precisely because their average SAT is 1200 while Cal's is <900 (I saw some legit stats on this a few years ago). But Stanford still managed to kick Cal's butt for seven years in a row before Tedford came around. Don't forget one of the key guys on the BBall team last year Joe Kirchofer who's SAT was over 1500. I want to see one Cal athlete in any major sport who can boast that.

My gf went to Cal and there simply is no comparison. It sucks to register for classes and even if there are fantastic professors, you have to deal with waitlists. Trying to get to know your profs is nearly impossible, especially if you're premed. At Stanford, you don't even need to register for a single class until a week or two after classes START. You can shop around all you want and there is almost never an issue to get into any classes, except for maybe wacky unnecessary ones like Social Dances of America or Drawing for Nonmajors...

 

[saki0005]

200. Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst US

My application is in the mail

 

[dWiz]

the list looks fine, except UCB at no. 2? ur kidding right?

 

[futuremsfdoc]

this list is absolute trash.

there's no way univ. of virginia should be 73 slots below umass.

 

[meads]

I got this from a link on UT's webpage. This is what the rankings are based on:

"The rankings are based on the amount of cited research produced by faculty members, the ratio of faculty to student numbers, a university?s success in attracting foreign students and in attracting internationally renowned academics.

An additional factor in the rankings is the findings from a previous Times Higher Education Supplement survey in which 1,300 academics in 88 countries were asked to name the best institutions in the fields they felt knowledgeable about.

The five factors were weighted and transformed against a scale that gave the top university 1,000 points and ranked everyone else as a proportion of that score."

 

[sdnstud]

At Stanford, you don't even need to register for a single class until a week or two after classes START. You can shop around all you want and there is almost never an issue to get into any classes, except for maybe wacky unnecessary ones like Social Dances of America or Drawing for Nonmajors...

Right. you can also drop your classes AFTER your final so that you can perserve your 3.999 GPA. Oh yea, your average undergraduate GPA is 3.6 and 50% of students in each class get A. Stanfurd is awesome!!!...I should have chosen to attend Stanfud community college 5 years ago.

 

[SanDiegoSOD]

I think its funny that most everyone who is trashing this list is baseing their opinion on the US News listing. No one wants to give any credit to the US News rankings until a new list comes along that attacks their preconcieved notions of university rankings. Now the US News list is the standard, and this list is crap.

 

[Haybrant]

tedford will win for 7 yrs in a row over furd if he stays around; Why are you guys arguing whether the sports players have high sat scores? how about if the students with high sat scores can play sports? they are both arbirtrary, useless arguments.
look, cal will not beat furd in the rankings b.c we have to take >95% of students from california, which is not true for the grad school. However, our top students at Cal can likely outcompete the top students elsewhere b.c of the culture of the school. The only other schools that are close to the hard-nosed culture are cit and mit. Besides, Cal is among the most fun place to go to school; the stanford area/culture blows

 

[constructor]

You've got to be kidding, right?

The overall record for Big Game is 54-42-11 Stanford. What more do you need? Stanford is obviously better than Cal in the vast majority of sports. And the reason Stanford's football team is never that great is precisely because their average SAT is 1200 while Cal's is <900 (I saw some legit stats on this a few years ago). But Stanford still managed to kick Cal's butt for seven years in a row before Tedford came around. Don't forget one of the key guys on the BBall team last year Joe Kirchofer who's SAT was over 1500. I want to see one Cal athlete in any major sport who can boast that.

My gf went to Cal and there simply is no comparison. It sucks to register for classes and even if there are fantastic professors, you have to deal with waitlists. Trying to get to know your profs is nearly impossible, especially if you're premed. At Stanford, you don't even need to register for a single class until a week or two after classes START. You can shop around all you want and there is almost never an issue to get into any classes, except for maybe wacky unnecessary ones like Social Dances of America or Drawing for Nonmajors...

you hit the nail square on the head. cal's got smart people for sure, but they're not the athletes i can say that much. and all the smart people there are stanford rejects anyway, except they go there for four years and try to forget about it. it's good that you bring up the big game record, and what about basketball, a sport no one cares about? has getting a thorough smacking laid on you every year made you cal students this stupid?

 

[Haybrant]

you hit the nail square on the head. cal's got smart people for sure, but they're not the athletes i can say that much. and all the smart people there are stanford rejects anyway, except they go there for four years and try to forget about it. it's good that you bring up the big game record, and what about basketball, a sport no one cares about? has getting a thorough smacking laid on you every year made you cal students this stupid?

again, it doesnt make sense why it matters that there are stanford rejects at cal? I think most of us know that you arent fully developed through high school though alot of middle of the road stanf students would beg to differ in order to hold on to a bygone era of their lives; being in a place like cal and interacting with the best faculty and engaging in the best research equips the best cal students better than it does the best stanf students. There is no mommy and daddy at cal which is why so many students sink; but the best that swim come out more prepared for life than the stanf students.

 

[constructor]

Right. you can also drop your classes AFTER your final so that you can perserve your 3.999 GPA. Oh yea, your average undergraduate GPA is 3.6 and 50% of students in each class get A. Stanfurd is awesome!!!...I should have chosen to attend Stanfud community college 5 years ago.

yeah, you totally should've chosen them before they rejected your ugly, public-school attending tramp ass. oh by the way, we can't drop classes after the final and only 20% of the class (slightly less for engineering and slightly more for humanities) get A's, which is unfortunate because 100% of the class here is smarter that the portion of your classes that get A's...

 

[constructor]

again, it doesnt make sense why it matters that there are stanford rejects at cal? I think most of us know that you arent fully developed through high school though alot of middle of the road stanf students would beg to differ in order to hold on to a bygone era of their lives; being in a place like cal and interacting with the best faculty and engaging in the best research equips the best cal students better than it does the best stanf students. There is no mommy and daddy at cal which is why so many students sink; but the best that swim come out more prepared for life than the stanf students.

there are mommies and daddies at stanford? huh? what the **** you talking about? and we aren't fully developed in a sense that you guys are? i'm glad you sound like a complete idiot so you can show off the brains at cal that you've been bragging so much about.