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UK is a bit different, but I think OP is referring to the fact that even Cambridge isn't much better than, say, UIUC.
by viklove 7y ago
UK is a bit different, but I think OP is referring to the fact that even Cambridge isn't much better than, say, UIUC.
- ineedasername 7y agoYep: In US News global rankings, Cambridge is #9 and UIUC is #59. Is Cambridge really 6x better? Is Cambridge as far above UIUC as UIUC is above Brown, at about #100? This is often a problem with Ordinal variables, they don't convey the true distance between the "observations". Think of class rankings in High School: The Valedictorian and Salutatorian (2nd place) almost always have practically identical academic records: 4.0 GPA, challenging courses, etc. The difference can come down to hundredths of a point, or the fact that #1 took 8 AP courses while #7 took 7 AP courses and 1 Honors course. There isn't much meaningful distance between them.