I can't find any decent colleges in smaller cities - Page 2

americanwoman · 04-08-08, 04:55 PM

Try Nebraska. We got some great colleges here and most cities have low populations.

new coup for you · 04-08-08, 05:47 PM

..."most"?

quatrotritikali · 04-08-08, 06:54 PM

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University of Namur - 100,000 inhabitants, it's a nice little city with a medieval center and a huge citadel. But there isn't anything to do at night
FacultÃ©s universitaires Notre-Dame de la Paix - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

University of Leuven - 90,000 inhabitants, there is an amazing cityhall but it's in Flanders
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

University of Louvain la Neuve - 30,000 inhabitants, most of them being students. But it's too new, there isn't any old building over there
UniversitÃ© catholique de Louvain - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

University of Gembloux - 20,000 inhabitants, but you have to study biology or something scientific
FacultÃ© Universitaire des Sciences Agronomiques de Gembloux - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

why don't you go to Berkeley? It looks so great!

Yes, yes...attend a French or Belgian university...learn how to surrender in 30 different ways. Students must carry a white flag in their backpacks at all times......

bub · 04-09-08, 05:03 AM

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Yes, yes...attend a French or Belgian university...learn how to surrender in 30 different ways. Students must carry a white flag in their backpacks at all times......

you forgot the class "throw your gun away as fast as possible"

new coup for you · 04-09-08, 11:34 AM

Bub, no offense, I think your a cool guy and all, but Continental European colleges are terrible. Just take a look at the international rankings. Like two third of the top 100 are either Anglo, American or in a country formerly colonized by the English (and therefore operating under an anglo-style of higher education).

French colleges are particularly pathetic.

Scucca · 04-09-08, 12:11 PM

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Just take a look at the international rankings. Like two third of the top 100 are either Anglo, American or in a country formerly colonized by the English (and therefore operating under an anglo-style of higher education).

Aren't the rankings really just an example of the worthlessness of league tables in education?

new coup for you · 04-09-08, 12:12 PM

Oh I love the "rankings mean nothing" argument.

No, sorry, they do. All things equal a higher ranked college is better then a lower ranked.

Better as in provides a superior level of education from a superior level of educator.

Scucca · 04-09-08, 12:22 PM

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No, sorry, they do. All things equal a higher ranked college is better then a lower ranked.

You're easily bought by blunt methodologies?

I certainly hope my kids aren't. I'd rather they go to Warwick than Oxbridge

new coup for you · 04-09-08, 12:24 PM

attend both and see if you still think so.

I go to Boston University (second tier) but I'm attending classes at Temple (maybe..100th..tier or something) while I work at internships at home.

They don't compare.

Scucca · 04-09-08, 12:29 PM

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attend both and see if you still think so.

The wife went to both Warwick and Oxbridge. I'll go with her understanding, rather than these blunt nonsensical tables.

By the way, which table are you using? I hope it isn't the Times Higher version, given their reliance on dodgy peer review techniques.