Daniel Barkowitz | August 22, 2005
"MIT Number One in the College Rankings"
I know that the U.S. News and World Report rankings are out (see everyone else's blog), but have you seen the Washington Monthly ratings?
MIT tops the list.
According to the report:
The schools that topped our list didn't necessarily do so for the reasons you might expect. MIT earned its number one ranking not because of its ground-breaking research (although that didn't hurt), but on the basis of its commitment to national service’Äîthe school ranked #7 in that category, far better than most of its elite peers.
To whom is this attributable?
To you, our students, who continue to be involved through Student Employment in paid opportunities for community service (and by your dedication and work on your own).
Just thought I would pass on the good news.
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Though that's a more respectable way to rate schools than alumni donations, I still think most school ratings are BS. Now I'll actually go read the article and see if I put my foot in my mouth. :)
Posted by: Michael Borohovski on August 22, 2005 11:52 PM
Hmmm... Now that's a fresh piece of information...
All the more makes me want to go there...
Posted by: Eric Asava-Aree on August 23, 2005 11:30 AM
hi Moneyman aka.my post isn't related with your post. i noticed that you call yourself aka Moneyman. in my native language aka means brother.so if i call you Moneyman aka ...can i call you like this?it is cool
Posted by: Ajymurat on August 23, 2005 09:25 PM
Sounds fine to me, Ajymurat! My reason for using aka is the acronym "also known as" but I like the meaning of brother as well!
Posted by: Daniel Barkowitz (aka Moneyman) on August 23, 2005 10:13 PM
well, i'm not that surprised. i am already inspired to be there. thanks for that info.
Posted by: ugwuja chiedoziem on August 24, 2005 07:32 AM
That's funny. akka in my language (well not exactly mine but a similar dialect) means sister. So its Moneyman Sister now...?
Posted by: nehalita on August 24, 2005 12:25 PM
it was nice to meet u too, u're much taller than i expected :D
Posted by: MJ Kamalov on August 25, 2005 12:05 AM
