[2315] in Discussion of MIT-community interests
Re: [Mit-talk] We're #1!
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven M Kelch)
Mon Aug 14 17:28:20 2006
Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2006 17:28:00 -0400 (EDT)
From: Steven M Kelch <kelch@mit.edu>
To: Jessica H Lowell <jessiehl@mit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <20060814171552.havb4uqyrezosgsc@webmail.mit.edu>
Cc: mit-talk@mit.edu
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Neither ranking is worth very much, but the Washington Monthly is fairly
suspect.
On Mon, 14 Aug 2006, Jessica H Lowell wrote:
> Well, considering that the criteria used are completely different in the two
> sets of rankings, it's not exactly surprising.
>
> - Jessie
>
> Quoting "Richard J. Barbalace" <rjbarbal@MIT.EDU>:
>
>> Quoting Jeff Roberts <thejoker@alum.mit.edu>:
>>> http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/features/2006/0609.national.html
>>
>> So, the #1 university by USNWR is ranked #43 by the Washington Monthly,
>> and the
>> #60 university by the former is ranked #5 by the latter? I think I can
>> write a
>> random number generator that yields more consistent results.
>>
>> + Richard
>>
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