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ok, so i was wondering how do schools rank in MA. obviously harvard and MIT go on top of the list, but what about the other ones?

By 1214 (1214) on Tuesday, February 25, 2003 - 07:36 pm: Edit

well my guess is:

-harvard
-mit
-boston college
-brandeis
-tufts
-amherst
-boston university

By Overbay (Overbay) on Tuesday, February 25, 2003 - 07:53 pm: Edit

amherst is better than tufts, brandies. and you forget williams

By Jumbo (Jumbo) on Tuesday, February 25, 2003 - 09:02 pm: Edit

Tufts is the 4th highest after amherst. Boston college and Brandeis are below.

By John (John) on Tuesday, February 25, 2003 - 10:16 pm: Edit

I'd rate MIT above Harvard. Amherst would be pretty high, above BC, BU and Brandeis. Smith although it is a girls school probably deserves a mention.

By Pisces (Pisces) on Tuesday, February 25, 2003 - 10:35 pm: Edit

i'd say

1. Harvard
1. MIT (really depends on major for these two)
3. Amherst
4. Tufts
4. BC
5. Williams
6. Brandeis
7. Smith
8. BU

By Qwer (Qwer) on Tuesday, February 25, 2003 - 11:02 pm: Edit

1. Harvard
2. MIT
3. Amherst
4. Williams
5. Tufts
6. Wellesley
7. Brandeis
8. Boston College
9. Smith
10. Worcester Polytechnic Institute
11. Boston University
12. Mount Holyoke
13. University of Massachusetts at Amherst
14. Northeastern

after #6, its all downhill

By Pisces (Pisces) on Tuesday, February 25, 2003 - 11:05 pm: Edit

BC is definitely above Brandeis and Wellesley. Commonwealth College (UMass honors program) is up around #7

By Qwer (Qwer) on Tuesday, February 25, 2003 - 11:25 pm: Edit

no, BC is definitely below Wellesley. Wellesley is the best womens school in the US.

its a toss up with brandeis and bc. i just rank brandeis slightly higher due to stronger education in the most desired fields: premed, prelaw and business.

By John (John) on Wednesday, February 26, 2003 - 10:20 pm: Edit

Babson has one of very top Grad schools in country for Business, but not much for undergrad.

By Dree (Dree) on Wednesday, February 26, 2003 - 11:40 pm: Edit

MIT is the best!

By Mina (Mina) on Saturday, March 01, 2003 - 11:21 am: Edit

1. MIT!!!!

2. Harvard
3. Amherst
4. Brandeis
5. Boston college

By Doctort (Doctort) on Sunday, March 02, 2003 - 01:55 pm: Edit

1. Harvard
2. MIT
3. Amherst/Wellesley
4. Tufts
5. Brandeis
6. Williams
7. Boston College
2nd Tier (not that great schools in any subject...UMass is tier 1 for engineering though and BU is some subjects. WPI and NE aren't great):
10. Worcester Polytechnic Institute
11. Boston University
13. University of Massachusetts at Amherst
14. Northeastern

By B18c1cx (B18c1cx) on Sunday, March 02, 2003 - 06:10 pm: Edit

Why are you all ranking Brandeis so high? I thought it was just average. Besides, Usama is a graduate of Brandeis. I say it should be below williams, bc, and bu (not bc of usama, bc its not all that good).

By Nymom (Nymom) on Sunday, March 02, 2003 - 06:50 pm: Edit

Where did you hear that? Anyway, fyi, Brandeis is ranked 31 by USnews, BC is 41, BU is second tier.

By Pisces (Pisces) on Sunday, March 02, 2003 - 07:22 pm: Edit

What does US news base its rankings on?

By Waitlistedkeith (Waitlistedkeith) on Wednesday, April 09, 2003 - 11:16 pm: Edit

ahahaha. this is funny. I wouldn't compare school like Amherst or Smith with MIT or Harvard. I think it's just too different type of universities to be compared. For me, as a student admitted to MIT and Amherst looking for a BACHELOR's DEGREE, I would put Amherst at the top.

1. Amherst College
2. MIT
3. Williams
4. Wellesley/Smith
5. Harvard (but for those who are interested in pointless exercise in Narcissm, definitely #1)
6. Tufts

According to U.S. News, Amherst is #1 liberal arts college in the United States. Williams is #3. Harvard is #2 among the doctoral universities and MIT #4.

By Kwyjibo86 (Kwyjibo86) on Friday, July 18, 2003 - 09:38 pm: Edit

hello?? holy cross??? a little better than northeastern...

By Guru (Guru) on Saturday, August 09, 2003 - 11:33 am: Edit

Northeastern should be moving up in the rankings. Read this Article from yesterday's Boston Globe:

http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/220/business/A_higher_grade+.shtml