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I don't buy that MIT and Stanford are undisputed "best" either. But they're damn good. And definitely top tier ... my point is that Waterloo and UBC are in th

• gamechangr 14y ago
  My comment of "not buying it" was that there was no evidence (other than your opinion) to support your claim. Honestly, I would like to hear more about how you came to that conclusion. I know the rankings are only one way to estimate (and would like to hear a better way :) Is there a list that puts Waterloo or UBC better than Stanford or MIT? ANY LIST BY ANY MAGAZINE? http://www.usnews.com/education/worlds-best-universities-rankings/best-universities-computer-science?page=2 http://www.usnews.com/education/worlds-best-universities-ran... University of Toronto (15th) UBC(27) Vs MIT (1) and Stanford (2)
  • edwinnathaniel 14y ago
    What about ACM competition? http://www.acmicpc-pacnw.org/Standings/ http://www.acmicpc-pacnw.org/Standings/ Year 2000: UBC tied with Stanford (difference in time, not by much) http://www.acmicpc-pacnw.org/Standings/2000/Standing.htm http://www.acmicpc-pacnw.org/Standings/2000/Standing.htm Year 2002: UBC and SFU tied with Stanford (won on time) http://www.acmicpc-pacnw.org/Standings/2002/standings.htm http://www.acmicpc-pacnw.org/Standings/2002/standings.htm Year 2003: top 5, 3 from UBC, 2 from Stanford http://www.acmicpc-pacnw.org/Standings/2003/results2003.htm http://www.acmicpc-pacnw.org/Standings/2003/results2003.htm Year 2004: top 4, all UBC and SFU Year 2005: top 4, 2 UBCs (one winner), 1 SFU, 1 Stanford http://www.acmicpc-pacnw.org/Standings/2005/Results.htm http://www.acmicpc-pacnw.org/Standings/2005/Results.htm Year 2006: UBC rank 1st and 2nd, followed by Stanford 3rd + 4th http://www.acmicpc-pacnw.org/Standings/2006/results.htm http://www.acmicpc-pacnw.org/Standings/2006/results.htm Year 2007: Top 2, UBC, Stanford 3rd, SFU 4th. http://www.acmicpc-pacnw.org/Standings/2007.htm http://www.acmicpc-pacnw.org/Standings/2007.htm Year 2008: UBC went down to 4th and 5th http://www.acmicpc-pacnw.org/Standings/2008.htm http://www.acmicpc-pacnw.org/Standings/2008.htm Year 2009: UBC 1st, followed by 2 Stanford teams http://www.acmicpc-pacnw.org/Standings/2009.htm http://www.acmicpc-pacnw.org/Standings/2009.htm Year 2010: UBC 4th, tied on # of solutions, diff on time http://www.acmicpc-pacnw.org/Standings/2010.htm http://www.acmicpc-pacnw.org/Standings/2010.htm Year 2011: UBC 2nd, Stanford 1st http://www.acmicpc-pacnw.org/Standings/2011_Pacific_Northwest_Regional_Contest.htm http://www.acmicpc-pacnw.org/Standings/2011_Pacific_Northwes... Year 2012: Stanford 1st, 2nd, UBC 3rd http://www.acmicpc-pacnw.org/Standings/2012/ http://www.acmicpc-pacnw.org/Standings/2012/ So, is UBC good enough to hang around with the big boys? (consistently)