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Harvard absolutely dominates MIT in finance, business, politics, law, medicine, and all the fields of the humanities. I wouldn't be surprised if a higher propor

by _pius 14y ago

Harvard absolutely dominates MIT in finance, business, politics, law, medicine, and all the fields of the humanities. I wouldn't be surprised if a higher proportion of Harvard graduates started their own companies, considering Harvard's massive MBA program. You're very confused. Related: MIT does not have a law school or medical school.

rayiner 14y ago
What relevance does that have? Would you consider a university the greatest in the world if it didn't have any engineering or science programs?
- _pius 14y ago
  I'm already regretting replying to you, but in for a penny, in for a pound, I guess. What relevance does that have? Should be obvious. You've claimed that Harvard "absolutely dominates" MIT in law, but MIT doesn't have a law school. Would you consider a university the greatest in the world if it didn't have any engineering or science programs? Not sure the relevance here, as MIT has a full complement of humanities programs. I wouldn't be surprised if a higher proportion of Harvard graduates started their own companies, considering Harvard's massive MBA program. Doubt it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT_Sloan_School_of_Management http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT_Sloan_School_of_Management Harvard absolutely dominates MIT in finance [and] business No. http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-business-schools/finance-rankings http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-gradu... ... [and] all the fields of the humanities. No. http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-humanities-schools/economics-rankings http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-gradu... If you actually do want to see domination, though, feel free to check this out. http://www.usnews.com/education/best-graduate-schools/articles/2011/03/15/mit-dominates-rankings-of-best-engineering-programs http://www.usnews.com/education/best-graduate-schools/articl...
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  - tedunangst 14y ago
    You've claimed that Harvard "absolutely dominates" MIT in law, but MIT doesn't have a law school. If the other team doesn't even show up, the team that does gets the W.
    - geebee 14y ago
      While I don't mean to discount the importance of a law school, from a research perspective I think there is a massive order of magnitude difference between lacking an engineering or med school vs lacking a law school. In short, I don't think a law school matters enough from a research perspective to factor here. The med school thing does, though. The only university with top research programs in essentially everything is Stanford. If you allow UCSF to stand in for Berkeley's med school (which you can't really), then UCB/UCSF would be the other one. While Harvard is an exceptional research institution, I think it falls just a little too far short of Stanford and Berkeley in engineering and applied science to qualify as the top research institution.
      - _pius 14y ago
        While I don't mean to discount the importance of a law school, from a research perspective I think there is a massive order of magnitude difference between lacking an engineering or med school vs lacking a law school. MIT and Harvard solve this by partnering together for HST. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvard%E2%80%93MIT_Division_of_Health_Sciences_and_Technology http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvard%E2%80%93MIT_Division_of... While Harvard is an exceptional research institution, I think it falls just a little too far short of Stanford and Berkeley in engineering and applied science to qualify as the top research institution. ... all of which would be hard-pressed to try to claim that they deserve that title more than MIT.
  - rayiner 14y ago
    MIT doesn't have a med school either. And while it has a good business school, Harvard's churns out far more CEO's, investors, etc. And while MIT has programs in the humanities, government, etc, Harvard's are far superior.

by _pius 14y ago

rayiner 14y ago

What relevance does that have? Would you consider a university the greatest in the world if it didn't have any engineering or science programs?

_pius 14y ago
I'm already regretting replying to you, but in for a penny, in for a pound, I guess. What relevance does that have? Should be obvious. You've claimed that Harvard "absolutely dominates" MIT in law, but MIT doesn't have a law school. Would you consider a university the greatest in the world if it didn't have any engineering or science programs? Not sure the relevance here, as MIT has a full complement of humanities programs. I wouldn't be surprised if a higher proportion of Harvard graduates started their own companies, considering Harvard's massive MBA program. Doubt it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT_Sloan_School_of_Management http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT_Sloan_School_of_Management Harvard absolutely dominates MIT in finance [and] business No. http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-business-schools/finance-rankings http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-gradu... ... [and] all the fields of the humanities. No. http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-humanities-schools/economics-rankings http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-gradu... If you actually do want to see domination, though, feel free to check this out. http://www.usnews.com/education/best-graduate-schools/articles/2011/03/15/mit-dominates-rankings-of-best-engineering-programs http://www.usnews.com/education/best-graduate-schools/articl...
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- tedunangst 14y ago
  You've claimed that Harvard "absolutely dominates" MIT in law, but MIT doesn't have a law school. If the other team doesn't even show up, the team that does gets the W.
  - geebee 14y ago
    While I don't mean to discount the importance of a law school, from a research perspective I think there is a massive order of magnitude difference between lacking an engineering or med school vs lacking a law school. In short, I don't think a law school matters enough from a research perspective to factor here. The med school thing does, though. The only university with top research programs in essentially everything is Stanford. If you allow UCSF to stand in for Berkeley's med school (which you can't really), then UCB/UCSF would be the other one. While Harvard is an exceptional research institution, I think it falls just a little too far short of Stanford and Berkeley in engineering and applied science to qualify as the top research institution.
    - _pius 14y ago
      While I don't mean to discount the importance of a law school, from a research perspective I think there is a massive order of magnitude difference between lacking an engineering or med school vs lacking a law school. MIT and Harvard solve this by partnering together for HST. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvard%E2%80%93MIT_Division_of_Health_Sciences_and_Technology http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvard%E2%80%93MIT_Division_of... While Harvard is an exceptional research institution, I think it falls just a little too far short of Stanford and Berkeley in engineering and applied science to qualify as the top research institution. ... all of which would be hard-pressed to try to claim that they deserve that title more than MIT.
- rayiner 14y ago
  MIT doesn't have a med school either. And while it has a good business school, Harvard's churns out far more CEO's, investors, etc. And while MIT has programs in the humanities, government, etc, Harvard's are far superior.