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[ByrnBabyByrn]

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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?

If you honestly think that most Cal students are Stanford rejects, you're a *****. It's gonna be fun to see what happens to your basketball program with Montgomery gone. He finally got tired of getting punked by lower seeds in the NCAA tourney year after year after year. He must have lost all hope if he decided coaching the hapless Warriors would be better. Does Stanford have a national championship in basketball? Cal does. Who's the best player to come out of Stanford? Casey Jacobsen? That guy's riding the pine every night on the Suns. Doesn't really compare to Jason Kidd, Shareef Abdul Rahim, Kevin Johnson, Lamond Murray does it?

 

[SitraAchra]

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...

hey douchebag. i attend public school and have no problems with it.

does stanford boy wanna talk smack to UT about athletics too?

 

[exmike]

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...

The top 10 ways to know you're a dork:
10.9.8.7.6.5.4.3.2...

and the #1 way to know you're a dork:

Validating your college's academic superiority by citing your basketball team's SAT scores!


you guys are seriously *****s arguing over which school is better... if you're confident about where you go you dont need to bash other schools, and you wont need to get defensive when someone bashes yours. Sheesh, premeds, gotta compete over EVERYTHING.

with that said.... GO BEARS! BCS ALL THE WAY!

 

[lakersfan]

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?

For the record, most of us at Cal didn't even apply to the junior college that is Stanfurd. I had a 1510 and I considered it wise on my part not to throw away 45k on a 'furd education when I knew I could have a better education at UC Berkeley. I didn't even apply to your reject school that has a TREE at its mascott. Lol. I'm still laughing, a tree??? There are far better institutions to attend than Stanfurd if one is willing to spend 45k. Here at CAL, we pried ourselves on paying 1/3 the price and recieving three times the education.


It's funny you mention basketball since I wrote in my previous thread that Stanfurd's team is consistently overrated (last year they were number 1 in their bracket and were tossed out the FIRST WEEKEND of the NCAA tournament). If you want to take pride in that, fine (but I sure as hell wouldn't). In football, you guys will recieved the smack down from us that you have recieved the last 2 years. I say CAL 52 Furd 7 (and that's only because I pity you poor fools).

 

[davidus]

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.

More urban legend. Dude, get your facts straight:
http://www.stanford.edu/dept/registrar/calendar/04-05_acad_cal.html

You can drop less than halfway through the quarter. From what I hear, Cal students are fighting to get their drop deadline pushed back as far as possible...

 

[davidus]

Anyway, I have nothing against Cal students. In fact, I happen to know that there are as intelligent people there as there are at Stanford. I'm just saying I'd rather be an undergrad at Stanford than at Cal. Since I didn't have the option of paying in state tuition and it would've cost almost the same to attend either from my state, I chose Stanford. That's it.

BTW, Stanford does have a NCAA basketball championship. They also produced John Elway.

 

[constructor]

If you honestly think that most Cal students are Stanford rejects, you're a *****. It's gonna be fun to see what happens to your basketball program with Montgomery gone. He finally got tired of getting punked by lower seeds in the NCAA tourney year after year after year. He must have lost all hope if he decided coaching the hapless Warriors would be better. Does Stanford have a national championship in basketball? Cal does. Who's the best player to come out of Stanford? Casey Jacobsen? That guy's riding the pine every night on the Suns. Doesn't really compare to Jason Kidd, Shareef Abdul Rahim, Kevin Johnson, Lamond Murray does it?

no he doesn't compare, you're right... you definitely have all the idiots to brag about. unfortunately, though, our players seem to beat your idiots on the court, too, which sucks cuz that's why they got brought in in the first place.

 

[constructor]

For the record, most of us at Cal didn't even apply to the junior college that is Stanfurd. I had a 1510 and I considered it wise on my part not to throw away 45k on a 'furd education when I knew I could have a better education at UC Berkeley. I didn't even apply to your reject school that has a TREE at its mascott. Lol. I'm still laughing, a tree??? There are far better institutions to attend than Stanfurd if one is willing to spend 45k. Here at CAL, we pried ourselves on paying 1/3 the price and recieving three times the education.


It's funny you mention basketball since I wrote in my previous thread that Stanfurd's team is consistently overrated (last year they were number 1 in their bracket and were tossed out the FIRST WEEKEND of the NCAA tournament). If you want to take pride in that, fine (but I sure as hell wouldn't). In football, you guys will recieved the smack down from us that you have recieved the last 2 years. I say CAL 52 Furd 7 (and that's only because I pity you poor fools).

easy, man... you just broke the bull**** meter.

 

[Dr. Chiquita]

Wow, I didn't know there was this much rivalry between Cal and Stanford.

Not to upset anyone, but I think it IS in fact harder to gain undergrad admission to Stanford than to Berkely and UCLA. But I think Berkeley has an edge on graduate school programs over Stanford. Just my two cents.

 

[Haybrant]

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.

yes mr. wise guy; read it again; im saying that nobody is fully developed after high school and for you to be talking about who got into to what undergrad college you are hanging on to the notion that high school status is the pantheon of ones educational career. So congrats on doing so well in high school; im certain that will take you far here on out.
My point is, that Cal preps students better than a school like stanford. Yes, alot of cal students get screwed in the process b.c of the culture and they would likely do better at a place like stanford. Cal can;t compete with your undergrad rankings b.c it has to take >95% from in state; But look to grad school's since that is the next step in our lives and you'll see the stark contrast...

 

[klue85]

Wow, I didn't know there was this much rivalry between Cal and Stanford.

Not to upset anyone, but I think it IS in fact harder to gain undergrad admission to Stanford than to Berkely and UCLA. But I think Berkeley has an edge on graduate school programs over Stanford. Just my two cents.

Yea stanfurd is harder to get into because of serveral factors... remember that their class size is much smaller than Cal. however, Cal has more brighter people..... maybe becasue we have so many more students than stanfurd.

anyways, you spelled Berkeley wrong. and yes Berkeley will rape stanford in the next big game.... also Berkeley's graduate program rapes stanfurd..


last but not least. the berkeley tower stands taller than stanford bell tower

 

[Dr. Chiquita]

Yea stanfurd is harder to get into because of serveral factors... remember that their class size is much smaller than Cal. however, Cal has more brighter people..... maybe becasue we have so many more students than stanfurd.

anyways, you spelled Berkeley wrong. and yes Berkeley will rape stanford in the next big game.... also Berkeley's graduate program rapes stanfurd..


last but not least. the berkeley tower stands taller than stanford bell tower

I spelled it right the second time...B.E.R.K.E.L.E.Y... 😀

 

[ByrnBabyByrn]

unfortunately, though, our players seem to beat your idiots on the court, too, which sucks cuz that's why they got brought in in the first place.

Dude, you seriously go to Stanford? The only thing weaker than your argument is your composition. I have no idea what your impersonation of a sentence is supposed to mean. On a different note, is it a prerequisite that all girls who go to Stanford have to look like they got beat to **** with an ugly stick? Good Lord.

 

[klue85]

I spelled it right the second time...B.E.R.K.E.L.E.Y... 😀

now you ROCK! 😀

 

[constructor]

yes mr. wise guy; read it again; im saying that nobody is fully developed after high school and for you to be talking about who got into to what undergrad college you are hanging on to the notion that high school status is the pantheon of ones educational career. So congrats on doing so well in high school; im certain that will take you far here on out.
My point is, that Cal preps students better than a school like stanford. Yes, alot of cal students get screwed in the process b.c of the culture and they would likely do better at a place like stanford. Cal can;t compete with your undergrad rankings b.c it has to take >95% from in state; But look to grad school's since that is the next step in our lives and you'll see the stark contrast...

let me give you an explanation for cal's grad ranking - half of the students in their grad programs are former stanford undergrads, especially in the law school and the engineering schools. i agree that it's harder to "make it" through cal because it's simply huge and you don't get the personalized attention you do here unless you're very aggressive and determined, so maybe that's what you mean when you say your students are more developed. but you think people here just sit on their asses and enjoy their success in high school? don't be ridiculous. it's insanely competitive here in every way. at cal, you're just not competing against the same caliber of students in your classes that you have here because there are also people on the low end which you just don't have here. it's the same way to get into a lab, etc. i think the size of cal is the only reason they're up there in the rankings, but they don't have nearly the same percentage of quality students that stanford has. i have NEVER met anyone who got into stanford but not berkeley but i've met plenty of people who got into berkeley and not stanford. don't kid yourself, people here find it a lot easier to become successful than cal sudents.

 

[sdnstud]

yeah, you totally should've chosen them before they rejected your ugly, public-school attending tramp ass. ...

I did not apply to Stanfurd community college. You're right. My dad is not a CEO nor does he have $100K to donate to Stanfurd, I am sure I will get rejected.

 

[davidus]

On a different note, is it a prerequisite that all girls who go to Stanford have to look like they got beat to **** with an ugly stick? Good Lord.

Can't argue with you there. Cal is definitely a little better in this respect...

 

[davidus]

One thing I can say is that Cal inculcates this Stanford bashing mentality much more than Stanford does for Cal. I briefly sat in on my gf's Cal orientation and it seemed like every other reference was some diss on "stanfurd". At Stanford, there's not really this Cal bashing going on all the time. A little during orientation and a little right before Big Game, but otherwise, that's about it. Somehow, Cal has this deep seething hatred of Stanford and to Stanford students it's not such a big rivalry...

however, Cal has more brighter people.....

Is this a joke? And are you evidence of this?

 

[sdnstud]

That's because Stanfurd students have less school spirits than we do.

One thing I can say is that Cal inculcates this Stanford bashing mentality much more than Stanford does for Cal. I briefly sat in on my gf's Cal orientation and it seemed like every other reference was some diss on "stanfurd". At Stanford, there's not really this Cal bashing going on all the time. A little during orientation and a little right before Big Game, but otherwise, that's about it. Somehow, Cal has this deep seething hatred of Stanford and to Stanford students it's not such a big rivalry...

 

[lakersfan]

let me give you an explanation for cal's grad ranking - half of the students in their grad programs are former stanford undergrads, especially in the law school and the engineering schools. i agree that it's harder to "make it" through cal because it's simply huge and you don't get the personalized attention you do here unless you're very aggressive and determined, so maybe that's what you mean when you say your students are more developed. but you think people here just sit on their asses and enjoy their success in high school? don't be ridiculous. it's insanely competitive here in every way. at cal, you're just not competing against the same caliber of students in your classes that you have here because there are also people on the low end which you just don't have here. it's the same way to get into a lab, etc. i think the size of cal is the only reason they're up there in the rankings, but they don't have nearly the same percentage of quality students that stanford has. i have NEVER met anyone who got into stanford but not berkeley but i've met plenty of people who got into berkeley and not stanford. don't kid yourself, people here find it a lot easier to become successful than cal sudents.

I think what he was saying is that Berkeley probably has more people with 1500 SAT scores than Stanfurd just ebcause of how big we are. Saying that, once you get into your premed classes at Berkeley, it is pretty competitive. Gchem gets rid of the wannabe's and I would find it hard to imagine that Stanfurd premeds are as smart as Berkeley premeds (at best, I would say they are of the same intelligence). I think the people who do make it through Berkeley are just as if not more succesful than furd grads because the academic hell they have went through at Berkeley is insane.

P.S. I don't think Berkeley cares much about the rivalry right now. We have the ax and you guys are probably sitting in the farm trying to think of a way to steal it again since you will obviously not win it this year or the in the near future

 

[constructor]

I think what he was saying is that Berkeley probably has more people with 1500 SAT scores than Stanfurd just ebcause of how big we are. Saying that, once you get into your premed classes at Berkeley, it is pretty competitive. Gchem gets rid of the wannabe's and I would find it hard to imagine that Stanfurd premeds are as smart as Berkeley premeds (at best, I would say they are of the same intelligence). I think the people who do make it through Berkeley are just as if not more succesful than furd grads because the academic hell they have went through at Berkeley is insane.

P.S. I don't think Berkeley cares much about the rivalry right now. We have the ax and you guys are probably sitting in the farm trying to think of a way to steal it again since you will obviously not win it this year or the in the near future

your imagination's ****ed up... but hell, that's what imagination is for, so have fun with it!

 

[doozenberg]

For the record, most of us at Cal didn't even apply to the junior college that is Stanfurd. I had a 1510 and I considered it wise on my part not to throw away 45k on a 'furd education when I knew I could have a better education at UC Berkeley. I didn't even apply to your reject school that has a TREE at its mascott. Lol. I'm still laughing, a tree??? There are far better institutions to attend than Stanfurd if one is willing to spend 45k. Here at CAL, we pried ourselves on paying 1/3 the price and recieving three times the education.


It's funny you mention basketball since I wrote in my previous thread that Stanfurd's team is consistently overrated (last year they were number 1 in their bracket and were tossed out the FIRST WEEKEND of the NCAA tournament). If you want to take pride in that, fine (but I sure as hell wouldn't). In football, you guys will recieved the smack down from us that you have recieved the last 2 years. I say CAL 52 Furd 7 (and that's only because I pity you poor fools).

Learn to spell: it's mascot, pride, receiving. Also, "you guys will recieved" should be "you guys will receive". Come on, man, get with it. If you're going to boast about the superiority of your school's education, at least try to sound intelligent.

Cal students have a such a huge chip on their shoulders that they have to bash on Stanford and misspell it as "stanfurd" every freaking chance they can get. Stanford kids just don't care as much, probably because most of us already know we're simply better. It's kind of like seeing a chihuahua yapping its head off to somehow prove to the lion that it is tough. The lion yawns and then eats the chihuahua when it gets tired of all the noise.

 

[JumpingGenes]

Yep, that's right... Cal Rocks. 😀

As far as Harvard is concerned, our California Golden Bear (a fierce a$$-kicking bear) can easily destroy their wimpy John Harvard (a pilgrim-like figure in 17th-century dress) with one solid bear-slap.

I love Cal... 😍

PS to the above entry: Sorry we shredded your Tree... Again.

 

[lakersfan]

Learn to spell: it's mascot, pride, receiving. Also, "you guys will recieved" should be "you guys will receive". Come on, man, get with it. If you're going to boast about the superiority of your school's education, at least try to sound intelligent.

Cal students have a such a huge chip on their shoulders that they have to bash on Stanford and misspell it as "stanfurd" every freaking chance they can get. Stanford kids just don't care as much, probably because most of us already know we're simply better. It's kind of like seeing a chihuahua yapping its head off to somehow prove to the lion that it is tough. The lion yawns and then eats the chihuahua when it gets tired of all the noise.

Ok, fine maybe I have a problem with spelling receive. If that doesn't get me into med school...so be it.

However, the fact you would take the time to even edit something that I wrote in less than a minute speaks volumes about the amount of time you as a 'furd student must have. I know mommy and daddy are buying your grades but in the mean while, might you not go out and do some community service and make something of your life?

Lastly, if you want to start comparing SAT, mcat scores, etc etc... bring it on jerk. I'll even start breaking out my SAT II's if need be.

Chip on a shoulder, ha? I didn't apply to leland stanfurd juniar colaje. Like I said, no need to waste 45 K (3 times what it costs my parents at CAL) and get 1/3 the education.

 

[constructor]

Ok, fine maybe I have a problem with spelling receive. If that doesn't get me into med school...so be it.

However, the fact you would take the time to even edit something that I wrote in less than a minute speaks volumes about the amount of time you as a 'furd student must have. I know mommy and daddy are buying your grades but in the mean while, might you not go out and do some community service and make something of your life?

Lastly, if you want to start comparing SAT, mcat scores, etc etc... bring it on jerk. I'll even start breaking out my SAT II's if need be.

Chip on a shoulder, ha? I didn't apply to leland stanfurd juniar colaje. Like I said, no need to waste 45 K (3 times what it costs my parents at CAL) and get 1/3 the education.

need i remind you yet again that you're breaking the poor bull**** meter? 😴

 

[Pinkertinkle]

Okay guys, let's just say all the top schools on the list are pretty much about the same in terms of academics, and that if a student wants to learn, he can do so equally well at any of these fine institutions.

 

[DoctorG]

All I can say is: CAL, I will always love you. 🙂
Go Bears.

 

[masmaha1234]

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.

Austin is so much better than Houston...Go Longhorns!

 

[BananaSplit]

Well, I'm glad to see that the Cal vs. Stanford pissing contest has subsided. While I am a true blue Bear, I have the upmost respect for my current classmates who were Stanford undergrads. They are some of the kindest, most intelligent and socially aware people I've ever met. When you start med school, you will meet many people from your rival schools and you will discover that most of them are wonderful, decent human beings with amazing accomplishments.

As for the list, it's nice to be recognized now and then, but it's not really important. To me, Berkeley is a truly unique environment and a great academic institution and I don't need a list to validate that.


Go Bears!

 

[Cat's Meow]

What about Duke?

And how did UCSF make the list...it is an awesome school, but very limited in its scope (graduate/professional studies in the health sciences). The other schools listed are excellent in many areas, not just one.

If UCSF is so high on the list, why not WashU or JHU or UW?

Just curious 😕

 

[velo]

35. Illinois University (US) !!


I'm going to assume they mean UIUC (there is no "Illinois University", and if they're talking about a good state school in Illinois they must mean U of I Urbana-Champaign)...hell's yeah! props to the old alma mater, that was quite a bargain afterall 😀 👍

 

[AJM]

Well, I'm glad to see that the Cal vs. Stanford pissing contest has subsided. While I am a true blue Bear, I have the upmost respect for my current classmates who were Stanford undergrads. They are some of the kindest, most intelligent and socially aware people I've ever met. When you start med school, you will meet many people from your rival schools and you will discover that most of them are wonderful, decent human beings with amazing accomplishments.

Hey Banana-
I'm right there with you. I am a true Cardinal, and I would say the exact same thing about my old med school classmates and co-residents who are Cal alumni. I have met many amazing people who went to Cal, and I really respect the education they had there.

It's sad to see that this rivalry has become so nasty. (or maybe it's always been this bad, and I just never noticed when I was an undergrad...). But it definitely does help once you finish undergrad and start meeting people from other schools -- students from Cal and Stanford will be surprised that all the bad things they say about each other are really not true...

I still enjoy the rivalry though. Those of us from Cal and Stanford will still take periodic friendly jabs at each other, especially around Big Game time. But nothing mean-spirited, as both groups have learned to respect each other. 😎

 

[zeloc]

These rankings don't make any sense. IIT should be much higher on the list.

 

[Crake]

Wait, you mean people actually care about how good their school's football team is? Seriously?

Maybe by University of Illinois, they really mean the University of Chicago, that's my guess.

 

[paco]

These rankings don't make any sense. IIT should be much higher on the list.

IIT may very well have the smartest students compared with any other educational institution in the entire world (acceptance is sub 0.01% I think), but you have to admit, the facilities are a bit lacking compared with US institutions like MIT. It's hard to keep up your state of the art electrical engineering equipment when you have blackouts a few times a day and monkeys occasionally breaking into and running amok in your buildings (not kidding -- I've seen this)...

 

[sunUCB]

yes.

Wait, you mean people actually care about how good their school's football team is? Seriously?
.

 

[a_student]

you guys realize it makes a ****z worth of difference whether you graduate from cal or stanford as far as admissions committees are considered

i know this as a medstudent and because i'm friends with several of my classmates who are on the admissions committee at a top 10 med.school

and this whole ranking thing seems more like international reputation than anything else, it is true that berkeley is more internationally renowned than stanford (i'm not saying the same holds true nationally), so the ranking in terms of "international reputation" seems fairly accurate to me

 

[Dr. Chiquita]

Well, I'm glad to see that the Cal vs. Stanford pissing contest has subsided. While I am a true blue Bear, I have the upmost respect for my current classmates who were Stanford undergrads. They are some of the kindest, most intelligent and socially aware people I've ever met. When you start med school, you will meet many people from your rival schools and you will discover that most of them are wonderful, decent human beings with amazing accomplishments.

As for the list, it's nice to be recognized now and then, but it's not really important. To me, Berkeley is a truly unique environment and a great academic institution and I don't need a list to validate that.


Go Bears!

Preach on! Finally a voice of reason.

BTW, I am not a student at either institution, but I can tell you one thing though that you should always listen to us, bananas. 😉

 

[Jeffy]

It's a bit ironic that a thread about the world's best universities, with contributions from students at some of these universities, yielded the most ******ed and pointless banter I've seen in a thread in ages. Congratulations.

 

[velo]

Wait, you mean people actually care about how good their school's football team is? Seriously?

Maybe by University of Illinois, they really mean the University of Chicago, that's my guess.

Typical elitist attitude, Illinois has much more to offer in academics than it does in athletics...if you haven't noticed, our football team sucks!

and you're wrong by the way, University of Chicago was #13

 

[Crake]

I didn't mean to come off as elitist, its not like I go to UChicago or anything. It just is a great school, definitely one of the finest in the world, I'm humble enough to admit that.

 

[IllinoisStudent]

Wait, you mean people actually care about how good their school's football team is? Seriously?

Maybe by University of Illinois, they really mean the University of Chicago, that's my guess.

UChicago is already up there above U of Illinos at Urbana Champaign (UIUC).

I don't think it has anything to do w/ football team. Their football team sucks now! Fighting Illini get their a$$ by MSU and Michigan all the time. I think it is the school's research funding. It is huge, and the school ranks in top 5 in engineering.

 

[velo]

It just is a great school, definitely one of the finest in the world, I'm humble enough to admit that.

huh? so am I, that's why I poiinted out that U Chicago (13th) is already ranked well above "Illinois University" (35th) , which I believe is UIUC

 

[Crake]

oh right, I see what you mean. mea culpa.

 

[velo]

oh right, I see what you mean. mea culpa.

ain't no thang 👍

 

[Lexian]

This is hands down the most entertaining thread I've read on these boards so far. Most of it is nonsense, but I can't help but rubberneck.

 

[Nutmeg]

More urban legend. Dude, get your facts straight:
http://www.stanford.edu/dept/registrar/calendar/04-05_acad_cal.html

You can drop less than halfway through the quarter. From what I hear, Cal students are fighting to get their drop deadline pushed back as far as possible...

From your link:

21 (Sun) Course withdrawal deadline

25-26 (Thu-Fri) Thanksgiving Recess (holiday, no classes)

28-Dec 4 (Sun-Sat) Last opportunity to arrange Incomplete in a course, at last class

29-Dec 5 (Mon-Sun) End-Quarter Period

It's only "less than halfway through the quarter" if your quarter is less than two weeks. Nice the way you provided your own contrary evidence.

 

[edkNARF]

As a rule, it is impossible to objectively rank schools. Everybody is looking for something different in a school, and not every schools is right for them. Have you ever been on an interview and just didn't get "a good vibe" from a school? Don't shortchange a school just because it is low on some list. You only get out of an education what you put into it.

PS-I am applying to dental school, where the schools refused to participate in rankings🙂

 

[constructor]

From your link:

21 (Sun) Course withdrawal deadline

25-26 (Thu-Fri) Thanksgiving Recess (holiday, no classes)

28-Dec 4 (Sun-Sat) Last opportunity to arrange Incomplete in a course, at last class

29-Dec 5 (Mon-Sun) End-Quarter Period

It's only "less than halfway through the quarter" if your quarter is less than two weeks. Nice the way you provided your own contrary evidence.

haha, you're such a tool... check the months on those dates.

 

[AJM]

From your link:

21 (Sun) Course withdrawal deadline

25-26 (Thu-Fri) Thanksgiving Recess (holiday, no classes)

28-Dec 4 (Sun-Sat) Last opportunity to arrange Incomplete in a course, at last class

29-Dec 5 (Mon-Sun) End-Quarter Period

It's only "less than halfway through the quarter" if your quarter is less than two weeks. Nice the way you provided your own contrary evidence.

*Sigh*
I'll clarify this before the thread degenerates once again into a name-calling contest.

There are two different deadlines: the Drop deadline and the Withdrawal deadline. The drop deadline is when you can drop a course and never have it on your transcript - on that link the deadline is Oct 24, about 4 weeks into the quarter. The withdrawal deadline which you have bolded occurs later in the quarter - basically if you withdraw from a class it still shows up in your transcript with a big "W" for the grade, which is almost as bad as an F. The withdrawal option is only rarely used by students unless in extreme circumstances, since it looks pretty bad to have a bunch of W's on the transcript, and it will raise a number of red flags.

Just as a historical note - the "urban legend" of being able to drop a class at Stanford right up until the final used to be true. During my freshman year at Stanford (in the early 90's) we were able to do that, and people dropped classes at the last minute all the time. By the time I hit sophomore year, they changed the rules, and moved up the drop deadline to what it is now. Everyone was pissed about the new system at the time, but in hindsight I think it was definitely a good thing.