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From: shan@mcf.UUCP (Sharan Kalwani)
Newsgroups: comp.edu
Subject: Re: rankings of colleges
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Date: Fri, 2-Oct-87 09:39:19 EDT
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Posted: Fri Oct  2 09:39:19 1987
Date-Received: Tue, 6-Oct-87 07:21:51 EDT
References: <1503@bloom-beacon.MIT.EDU> <8359@shemp.UCLA.EDU>
Reply-To: shan@mcf.UUCP (Sharan Kalwani)
Organization: Michigan Cancer Foundation, Detroit, MI
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In article <8359@shemp.UCLA.EDU> coleman@CS.UCLA.EDU (Michael Coleman) writes:
>In article <1503@bloom-beacon.MIT.EDU> hooner@athena.mit.edu (Dave Ko) writes:
>>The Gourman report is the premier source in the nation
>>on the top undergraduate schools in each field. They
>>use fourteen different factors to rate the programs.
>>I'll list a few fields and the top schools overall ...
>
>[various rankings included here...]

[various points mentioned here]
>
>So, where can the prospective grad student go for a more objective
>source of information?  I would suggest a five-volume set called
>(approximately) An Assessment of Research Doctoral Programs in the

[more stuff deleted here]
>
>There are other such reports, I understand.  I've heard of a ranking

Well most of the graduate students I know (including myself) 
regularly consult the ACM Directory published for students. This
is actually an assistantship directory but it does contain a lot of
useful info, like areas of research interest, degrees awarded,
what sort of hardware/software we can get to play with,  etc.
It does help the prospective grad student with some info in order
to choose a school.

As far as rankings go, this directory doesn't say anything at all,
but it is more important(in my opinion) to choose a place where you can enjoy
or feel you will do well in whatever major stream you choose, rather
than base one's decision on pure rankings alone. Specific listings
in specific majors helps a lot.
-- 
Sharan Kalwani			Dept. of Physiology/Biophysics  	
Michigan Cancer Foundation	110 East Warren Avenue,Detroit,Michigan 48201
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