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I was surprised when I found out that there were faculty candidates from University of Washington at both Berkeley and Stanford. This is amazing, and shows tha

by xxcode 12y ago

I was surprised when I found out that there were faculty candidates from University of Washington at both Berkeley and Stanford. This is amazing, and shows that Tier 2 schools can send students to become profs at the 'top 4'

pavpanchekha 12y ago
In computer science, UW is pretty good. (In other fields, not so much.)
- niels_olson 12y ago
  UW is also considered one of the best medical schools (when I was applying, their matriculant MCAT score was a standard deviation above the national matriculant average. Even Harvard couldn't make that claim).
- Fomite 12y ago
  UW also has one of the best schools of public health in the country.
vedant 12y ago
If what surprised you was Figure 1 in the paper [1], note that it depicts only CS departments. The CS department at UW is widely considered among the best in the United States. Not that this is definitive, but it's ranked 6 in the US News and World report [2]. [1] http://advances.sciencemag.org/content/1/1/e1400005 http://advances.sciencemag.org/content/1/1/e1400005 [2] http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-science-schools/computer-science-rankings http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-gradu...
- kevin_thibedeau 12y ago
  Which really proves nothing since the US News rankings are heavily biased toward perceived excellence, other non-objective measures, and objective measures that have no bearing on how well students are actually being educated. Is there really something so special about UWs curriculum that sets them apart from #20 or #100 or do they just have fancier gymnasiums and dorms and more donations from alums?
  - vedant 12y ago
    The main correlate is the impact of faculty output. This also is not necessarily correlated with the quality of the education students receive. But then, department rankings shouldn't necessarily reflect the quality of the education either.

by xxcode 12y ago

pavpanchekha 12y ago

In computer science, UW is pretty good. (In other fields, not so much.)

niels_olson 12y ago
UW is also considered one of the best medical schools (when I was applying, their matriculant MCAT score was a standard deviation above the national matriculant average. Even Harvard couldn't make that claim).
Fomite 12y ago
UW also has one of the best schools of public health in the country.

vedant 12y ago

If what surprised you was Figure 1 in the paper [1], note that it depicts only CS departments. The CS department at UW is widely considered among the best in the United States. Not that this is definitive, but it's ranked 6 in the US News and World report [2]. [1] http://advances.sciencemag.org/content/1/1/e1400005 http://advances.sciencemag.org/content/1/1/e1400005 [2] http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-science-schools/computer-science-rankings http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-gradu...

kevin_thibedeau 12y ago
Which really proves nothing since the US News rankings are heavily biased toward perceived excellence, other non-objective measures, and objective measures that have no bearing on how well students are actually being educated. Is there really something so special about UWs curriculum that sets them apart from #20 or #100 or do they just have fancier gymnasiums and dorms and more donations from alums?
- vedant 12y ago
  The main correlate is the impact of faculty output. This also is not necessarily correlated with the quality of the education students receive. But then, department rankings shouldn't necessarily reflect the quality of the education either.