| [ studyingabroad ] in KIDS 글 쓴 이(By): wwoo (우 운택) 날 짜 (Date): 1994년11월03일(목) 12시11분58초 KST 제 목(Title): [FAQ] Graduate School Info.[1] From usc!howland.reston.ans.net!pipex!lyra.csx.cam.ac.uk!aae1001 Wed Nov 2 09:48:47 PST 1994 Article: 7357 of soc.college.gradinfo Path: usc!howland.reston.ans.net!pipex!lyra.csx.cam.ac.uk!aae1001 From: aae1001@cus.cam.ac.uk (Ashraf El-Hamalawi) Newsgroups: soc.college.gradinfo Subject: soc.college.gradinfo Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ), Part 1/5 Date: 2 Nov 1994 01:21:55 GMT Organization: University of Cambridge, England Lines: 1020 Message-ID: <396pjj$occ@lyra.csx.cam.ac.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: bootes.cus.cam.ac.uk _____ _ _ ______ ___ ____ / ____| | | | | | ____/ _ \ / __ \ | | __ _ __ __ _ __| |_ _ __ _| |_ ___ | |__ | |_| | | | | | | |_ | '__/ _` |/ _` | | | |/ _` | __/ _ \ | __|| _ | | | | | |__| | | | (_| | (_| | |_| | (_| | || __/ | | | | | | |__| | \_____|_| \__,_|\__,_|\__,_|\__,_|\__\___| |_| |_| |_|\___\_\ PART 1/5 FAQ: soc.college.grad/gradinfo (Frequently Asked Questions) ----------------------------------------------------------- Version 2.02 Last Updated : 31 October 1994 This is an introductory article to the newsgroups soc.college.grad and soc.college.gradinfo. It will be posted every 15 days (around 1st and 15th of each month). Alternatively, a copy may be ftp'd from rtfm.mit.edu:/pub/usenet. For those who do not have ftp, please send a message to "mail-server@rtfm.mit.edu" with "help" in the body for instructions on file retrival. Any comments that you have about this FAQ (or for that matter any constructive criticism), then send me a message at : aae1001@cus.cam.ac.uk or ae@eng.cam.ac.uk Ashraf El-Hamalawi Engineering Department, University of Cambridge, Trumpinton Street, Cambridge CB2 1PZ England, UK. The original unfinished edition was written by Jui-Yuan Fred Hsu, whom I have tried to contact, with no response (Fred, if you're around send me an E-mail !). I therefore decided to reorganise it, update all the rankings, etc and then add a lot of new topics that have appeared on the newsgroup. Acknowledgements of 1st Edition ------------------------------- This FAQ has been made available through the effort of numerous people. Among them, I would like to thank Mr Hardy Leung, who has provided a great of information on the subject matter. Whenever possible, quoted articles in this FAQ include names of original authors and sources. Note that I obtain these informations mainly from past postings, thus the references may not be accurate. I apologize for any errors made. Acknowledgements to Further Editions ------------------------------------ I would like to thank Nainish Bapna for permitting me to include his FAQ on grad schools who in addition to the usual way of applying by snail mail, receive applications and provide information by E-mail. If you notice that your school is not included, whereas a GRAD E-mail address exists, then please send this extra bit of info to him at the address included. I am also grateful to Owen Davis for giving me permission to include parts of documents from the Princeton Review www server.In addition, I am very grateful to Chris Parks, (an Admissions Specialist at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, who has provided me with invaluable advice and suggestions. He has also made some very valuable contributions to this FAQ and where necessary, reference to this has been made. Finally I am most grateful to all those who have made contributions to this FAQ, and have added in or modified information. All constructive suggestions and criticisms are very welcome, and remember : without all your contributions, this FAQ would not have been created. COPYRIGHT & DISCLAIMER : (ADDED FOR SAFETY) ------------------------------------------- THIS FAQ MAY BE DISTRIBUTED FREELY TO ANYONE WHO REQUIRES IT AS LONG AS IT REMAINS ====== INTACT, AND NO CHANGES OR MODIFICATIONS ARE MADE WITHOUT MY CONSENT. ALL COPYRIGHTS ARE RESERVED BY ME. THIS DOCUMENT HAS BEEN COMPILED WITHOUT ANY PROFIT OR MATERIALISTIC THOUGHTS ! CONTRIBUTORS AND/OR I CANNOT/WILL NOT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES INCURRED BY THE MATERIAL IN THIS DOCUMENT. (THEN THE USUAL LEGAL DISCLAIMER) HOPEFULLY I WILL UPDATE THIS DOCUMENT AS NEW MATERIAL ARRIVES OR CHANGES OCCUR. ============================================================ CONTENT ------- 1. Introduction to soc.college.grad/gradinfo 2. Canadian School Rankings 2.1 Comprehensive Universities 2.2 Medical/Doctoral Universities 2.3 Primary Undergraduate Universities 2.4 Class Contact, Rsearch & Value Added to a Student's Life 2.5 National Reputational Ranking 2.6 Unemployment Rates of Recent Graduates 3. UK University Rankings 3.1 University Ranking 3.2 Top Scottish & Welsh Universities 3.3 Top 20 subjects in the UK chosen by Students 4. US School Rankings 4.1 Law Schools 4.2 M.B.A. Programs 4.3 Business Schools 4.4 Medicine & Primary Care Programs 4.5 Top Graduate Programs of Engineering 4.6 Arts & Architecture Rankings 4.7 Social Work & Public Health Programs 4.8 Best Schools in Artificial Intelligence and its branches 5. E-mail General List of Schools 6. E-mail Computer Science Schools' List 7. Standard Tests 7.1 GRE (Written & Computerised) 7.2 GMAT 7.3 MCAT 7.4 LSAT 7.5 TOEFL 8. Scholarships & Financial Aid 9. General Questions & Advice About Grad School 10. Further Sources of Information 11. Some Useful "snippets" of information & Humour ! ============================================================== 1. INTRODUCTION TO SOC.COLLEGE.GRAD/GRADINFO -------------------------------------------- Both soc.college.grad and soc.college.gradinfo are unmoderated newsgroups (hereafter called .grad and .gradinfo respectively). The original intent was to make .grad a place for grad-related discussions, and .gradinfo a place to post brochure-type articles. However, this distinction has not been observed in the past; many people crossposted articles to both groups. It has been suggested that people add the word "INFO:" to their subject lines when they are posting informational articles in .grad or University brochures. Articles submitted to the groups should follow USENET unofficial guidelines (i.e. thou shalt not write more than 70 characters per line, thou shalt trim off as much quoted messages as possible, etc.) Please refer to news.newusers.questions and news.answers. ==================================================================== 2. CANADIAN SCHOOL RANKING -------------------------- The Rankings shown below have been obtained from the Candian Weekly Magazine "MACLEAN'S", 15 November 1993, pp 28-78. The new statistics, when available, will be promptly included. Please observe however no rating method can be accurate or near accurate. However, these lists do give people a general idea where a particular school stands. If you have a newer list, please e-mail me a copy. The factors involved in the rankings shown below were : I) STUDENT BODY 1) Average entering grades 2) Proportion with 75% or higher 3) Proportion who graduate 4) Out of Province (1st year) 5) International Students (Graduate) 6) Student Awards II) CLASSES 1) Medium Class Size (1st year) 2) Class Sizes : 1st & 2nd year level 3) Class Sizes : 3rd & 4th year level 4) Classes taught by tenured faculty III) FACULTY 1) Faculty with PhD 2) Awards for full-time faculty 3) Humanities Grants 4) Medical/Science Grants IV) FINANCES 1) Operating Budget 2) Scholarships & Bursaries 3) Student Services V) LIBRARY 1) Holdings per student 2) Acquisitions 3) Expenses VI) REPUTATION 1) Alumini Support 2) Reputational Survey 2.1 Comprehensive Universities ------------------------------ OVERALL RANKING : 1. Simon Fraser 2. Waterloo 3. Victoria 4. Guelph 5. York 6. UQAM 7. Regina 8. New Brunswick 9. Carleton 10. Windsor 11. Memorial 12. Concordia 13. Trois-Rivieres Reputational Winners : Highest Quality 1. Waterloo 2. Guelph 3. Simon Fraser 4. UQAM 5. New Brunswick Most Innovative 1. Waterloo 2. Guelph 3. Simon Fraser 4. York 5. UQAM Leaders of Tomorrow 1. Waterloo 2. Simon Fraser 3. Guelph 4. Victoria 5. York Best Overall 1. Waterloo 2. Guelph 3. Simon Fraser 4. UQAM 5. Victoria 2.2 Medical/Doctoral Universities --------------------------------- OVERALL RANKING : 1. McGill 2. Queen's 3. Toronto 4. UBC 5. McMaster 6. Calgary 7. Montreal 8. Dalhousie 9. Ottawa 10. Alberta 11. Western 12. Laval 13. Saskatchewan 14. Sherbrooke 15. Manitoba Reputational Winners : Highest Quality 1. McGill 2. Queen's 3. UBC 4. Toronto 5. McMaster Most Innovative 1. McMaster 2. Queen's 3. McGill 4. UBC 5. Calgary Leaders of Tomorrow 1. UBC 2. Calgary 3. McMaster 4. McGill 5. Queen's Best Overall 1. UBC 2. McMaster 3. McGill 4. Queen's 5. Calgary 2.3 Primary Undergraduate Universities -------------------------------------- OVERALL RANKING : 1. Mount Allison 2. Trent 3. Acadia 4. Lethbridge 5. Bishop's 6. Wilfred Laurier 7. St Francis Xavier 8. Mount Saint Vincent 9. Saint Mary's 10. St. Thomas 11. Moncton 12. Rimouski 13. Brock 14. Winnipeg 15. Brandon 16. Chicoutimi 17. P.E.I. 18. Lakehead 19. Laurentian 20. Cape Breton (UCCB) 21. Ryerson 22. Nipissing 23. Hull Reputational Winners : Highest Quality 1. Acadia 2. Mount Allison 3. Trent 4. Bishop's 5. St Francis Xavier Most Innovative 1. Trent 2. Ryerson 3. Mount Saint Vincent 4. Mount Allison 5. Lakehead Leaders of Tomorrow 1. Saint Mary's 2. Trent 3. Lakehead 4. Ryerson 5. Mount Allison Best Overall 1. Trent 2. Mount Allison 3. Acadia 4. Saint Mary's 5. Ryerson 2.4 Class Contact, Research & Value Added to a Student's Life ------------------------------------------------------------ CLASS CONTACT : 1. Trent 2. Acadia 3. Bishop's 4. McGill 5. Cape Breton (UCCB) 6. Mount Saint Vincent 7. Mount Allison 8. Lethbridge 9. St. Thomas 10. Laurentian 11. Ottawa 12. Brandon 13. Toronto 14. Ryerson 15. Wilfrid Laurier RESEARCH : 1. Toronto 2. McMaster 3. Guelph 4. McGill 5. UBC 6. Waterloo 7. Simon Fraser 8. Montreal 9. Alberta 10. UQAM 11. Ottawa 12. Laval 13. Queen's 14. Dalhousie 15. York VALUE ADDED : 1. UQAM 2. Manitoba 3. Laurentian 4. Chicoutimi 5. Tornoto 6. New Brunswick 7. Trois-Rivieres 8. P.E.I. 9. Ottawa 10. Ryerson 11. Alberta 12. Waterloo 13. Nipissing 14. Montreal 15. St. Francis Xavier 2.5 National Reputational Ranking --------------------------------- RankHighest QualityMost InnovativeLeaders Best Overall Of Tomorrow ---------------------------------- ----------------------- 1McGillWaterlooWaterlooWaterloo 2Queen'sMcMasterUBCUBC 3UBCGuelphCalgaryMcMaster 4TorontoQueen'sMcMasterMcGill 5WaterlooMcGillSimon FraserQueen's 6McMasterUBCGuelphCalgary 7AlbertaSimon FraserMcGillGuelph 8MontrealCalgaryVictoriaToronto 9GuelphTorontoQueen'sSimon Fraser 10AcadiaSherbrookeYorkAlberta 2.6 Unemployment Rates of Recent Graduates ------------------------------------------- This was obtained from Job Futures (Employment & Immigration Canada, 1990) MAJORUNEMPLOYMENT RATE (%) -------------------------- Bachelor Degrees : Pharmacy1 Computer Science6 Mathematics6 Civil Engineering6 Commerce7 English11 Physics14 Psychology15 Biology18 History18 Political Science24 Professional & Graduate Degrees : Medicine2 Law7 English MA24 ==================================================================== 3. UK SCHOOL RANKING -------------------- The Rankings shown below have been obtained from "THE TIMES" daily newspaper (in Britain), 27 May 1994,. The above comments in section 2 about rankings still stand here (and anywhere where there are statistical rankings). 3.1 University Ranking ---------------------- OVERALL RANKING : RankUniversityTotal Points (/1000) ================================== 1Cambridge 793 2Oxford786 3Imperial College, London Univ747 4University College, London Univ661 4Edinburgh661 6Nottingham659 7Birmingham657 8Warwick646 8York646 10Durham640 11King's College, London Univ637 12Bristol626 12Sheffield626 12LSE (London School of Economics)626 12UMIST626 16Surrey620 16St Andrews620 26Glasgow620 16Bath620 16Manchester620 16Southampton620 16Leeds620 23Reading611 23Sussex611 25Strathclyde607 25Queen Mary, London Univ607 25Royal Holloway, London Univ607 28Loughborough600 28Liverpool600 28Lancaster600 28Newcastle600 32Leicester588 32Brunel588 32Essex588 35Aston580 35Dundee580 35Aberdeen580 35Salford580 39East Anglia559 39Stirling559 39Exeter559 39UWC Cardiff559 39Heriot-Watt559 44GoldSmiths, London Univ545 44Keele545 44Kent545 44Bradford545 48City531 48Hull531 48Belfast531 48Aberystwyth531 48Swansea531 53Hertfordshire514 53Bangor514 53Manchester Metropolitan514 53Buckingham514 57Middlesex508 57Ulster508 57Portsmouth508 57Leeds Metroplitan508 57Wolverhampton508 57Lampeter508 63West of England500 64Central England499 65Westminster489 65Robert Gordon489 67Oxford Brookes480 67Notts Trent480 67DeMontFort480 70Brighton475 70Plymouth 475 70Southbank475 70Coventry475 70Kingston475 75Staffordshire465 76Napier457 77Sheffield Hallam442 77North London442 77Huddersfield442 77Greenwich442 81Bournemouth435 81Teeside435 81Glasgow Caledonian435 81Sunderland435 81Thames Valley435 86Northumbria429 86Anglia429 88Central Lancashire425 88Humberside425 88Liverpool John Moores425 91Paisley409 91East London409 93Guildhall394 93Glamorgan394 95Luton373 95Derby373 ====================== One thing to remember in this list is that the Universities have been ranked according to the following factors (the separate points division is shown in the newspaper) :- 1) Entry requiremnts and Grades (Cambridge = 99/100 *) 2) Student/Staff Ratio (Cambridge = 97/100) 3) Research, Development & Consultancy Income (Imperial College = 85/90) 4) Staff with PhDs (Cambridge & Imperial College = 35/35) 5) Percentage of Staff with professional Qualifications (Middlesex & Central Lancashire = 25/25) 6) Library Spending (Oxford = 99/100) 7) Student Accomodation (Keele = 55/55) 8) Completion of Degrees Rates (Cambridge & Reading = 99/100) 9) Number of Firsts (degree results) ** (Imperial College = 65/65) 10) Research (Cambridge = 89/90) 11) Value added to the student's life (Bradford & Westminster = 99/100) 12) Postgraduates (LSE & City = 20/20) 13) Employment (Brighton = 85/100) 14) International Students (LSE = 20/20) * The University in brackets is the one with the highest points for that specific factor ** The Degree system in the UK gives the Grades as follows (different from the system in the US or Canada where the GPA and MPA are used) :- First ===> Highest Awarded Grade Upper Second Lower Second Third Pass ===> Lowest Awarded Grade 3.2 Top Scottish & Welsh Universities ------------------------------------- RankScottish Universities Welsh Universities ------------------------- ------------------ 1EdinburghCardiff 2St AndrewsAberystwyth 2GlasgowSwansea 4StrathclydeBangor 5DundeeLampeter 5Aberdeen 7Stirling 7Heriot-Watt 9Robert Gordon 10Napier 3.3 Top 20 subjects in the UK chosen by Students ------------------------------------------------- 1. Teacher Training (153,876) 12. Social Science/business & arts (47,908) 2. Business Management (129,295) 13. Languages with humanities/arts (43,338) 3. Law (100,783) 14. History (44,233) 4. Medical Subjects (77,473) 15. Biology (40,211) 5. Psychology (75,520) 16. Language Combinations (39,605) 6. General/Combined studies (61,191) 17. Economics (39,207) 7. Computer Studies (59,508) 18. Other Social Sciences (39,057) 8. Medicine (57,707) 19. Accountancy (38,455) 9. English (55,644) 20. Sociology (35,586) 10. Science with Soc. Sci./arts (53,852) 11. Geography (49,278) =============================================================================== = 4. US School Rankings -------------------- Except for the Section 4.8, the statistics shown below have obtained form "US NEWS & WORLD REPORT", 21 March 1994. The initials used are C= California, I=Institute, M=Massachusetts , T=Technology and U=University. 4.1 Law Schools ---------------- RankSchoolRankSchool ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1Yale U.26U. of Notre Dame 2Harvard U.27U. of Georgia 3Stanford U.28U. of Illionis Urbana-Champaign 4U. of Chicago29College of William & Mary 5Columbia U.30U.C. Davis 6New York U.31U.of Arizona 7Duke U.32U. of N. Carolina, Chapel Hill 8U. of Michigan Ann Arbor33Fordham U. 9U. of Chicago34Indiana U., Bloomington 10U.C. Berkeley35U. of Colorado Boulder 11Cornell U.36Wake Forest U. 12Northwestern U.37U. of Wisconsin-Madison 13Georgetown U.38Boston U. 14U.of Virginia39U. of Florida 15Vanderbilt U.40U. of Connecticut 16U.C. Los Angeles41Tulane U. 17U. of Minnesota, Twin Cities42Case Western Reserve U. 18U. of Southern California43Brigham Young U. 19U. of Iowa44George Washington U. 20U.C. Hastings45U. of Maryland, Baltimore 21U. of Texas, Austin46Ohio State U. 22Emory U.47Rutgers U., Newark 23Washington & Lee U.48Washington U. (Mo) 24Boston College49U. of Houston 25U. of Washington50Southern Methodist U. Clinical Training :Environment : 1. New York U.1. Vermont Law School 2. Georgetown U. (D.C.)2. Lewis & Clark College(Northwestern School of Law (Ore.)) 3. U. of Maryland, Baltimore3. Pace U. (N.Y.) 4. CUNY Queens College4. U. of Colorado, Boulder 5. American University (D.C.)5. U.C. Berkeley Health :Intellectual Property : 1. U. of Houston1. Columbia U. 2. U. of Maryland, Baltimore2. George Washington U. (D.C.) 2. St. Louis U.3. New York U. 4. Loyola U. of Chicago3. Franklin Pierce Law Centre (N.H.) 5. DePaul U. (Illinois)5. Stanford U. International :Tax : 1. Columbia U.1. New York U. 2. Harvard U.2. U. of Florida 3. Yale U.3. Georgetown U. (D.C.) 4. U. of Virginia4. Harvard U. 5. Georgetown U. (D.C.)5. U. of Miami 4.2 M.B.A. Programs -------------------- RankSchoolRankSchool ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1Stanford U.26Georgia I. of Technology 2M.I.T.27Washington U. 3Harvard U.28Venderbilt U. 4U. of Pennsylvania29U. of Maryland, College Park 5Northwestern U.30U. of Pittsburgh 6U. of Chicago31Arizona State U. 7Dartmouth College32Brigham Young U. 8U. of Michigan Ann Arbor33U. of Wisconsin-Madison 9Duke U.34Ohio State U. 10U.C. Los Angeles35U. of Illionis Urbana-Champaign 11Columbia U.36U. of Tennessee, Knoxville 12U.C. Berkeley37U. of Washington 13U. of Virginia38U. of Georgia 13Carnegie Mellon U.39U. of Florida 15Cornell U.40U. of Minnesota, Twin Cities 16U. of N. Carolina, Chapel Hill41Claremont Graduate School 17New York U.42Michigan State U. 18U. of Texas, Austin43Case Western Reserve U. 19Yale U.44Texas A.&M. U. 20U. of Southern California45Penn. State U. 21Indiana U., Bloomington46U. Arizona 21Emory U.47Boston U. 23U. of Rochester48U. of Iowa 23Purdue U.49Tulane U. 25Georgetown U.50Southern Methodist U. Accounting :Communications : 1. Stanford U.1. Dartmouth College 2. U. of Illionis Urbana-Champaign2. Harvard U. 3. U. o ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Woon-Tack Woo, SIPI, Dept. of EE-System, USC<<<<<<< >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Email:wwoo@chaph.usc.edu<<<<<<< >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Life is HARD, if you think it is hard...<<<<<<< |