THES Rankings: Stanford dropped to 19th place? Ridiculous!
Latest rankings in the Times Higher Education Supplement:
I think that I have had enough of rankings already. University of Hong Kong and University of Tokyo is better than Stanford? ANU is better than Stanford? Oh come on… gimme a break. Rankings and their methodologies are really inconsistent and unreliable. Another one: MIT dropped to 10th placing, and Imperial better than MIT? This is absurd. And it sounds absurd too.
Stanford held 6th position in 2006 and 5th in 2005. And now in 2007, 19th???!!!! The volatility of such rankings scares me to no end.
My confidence and faith in such rankings have diminished over time. I now have to go beyond the numbers and see which university is best for me without the influence of very tempting rankings. I suggest that students look beyond the rankings; please do not select a University based on rankings alone.
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Hey rankings are damn good k.see Kings no.24
You’re right Ernie!
Rankings are a poor way of choosing your uni.
All the best for Stanford!
The THES methodology is so horrid even a three year old can do better. Basically less than 3% of their respondents replied which renders the survey useless. Imagine asking 2/100 people which is their favourite fruit and then taking their answers to represent all 100 people! Thats what the THES is basically doing… It’s a joke right? =o\
haha yeah i couldn’t have said it better… way to go man!