by Guest » Thu Jun 16, 2011 11:20 pm
Although higher ranked schools most likely contain some level of increased difficulty, it generally has nothing to do with the ranking; ie higher ranked schools are not more difficult than a lower ranked school. The undergraduate rankings are done by applied/admitted stats in addition to sending out questionnaires to all department heads whom then rank the schools. In general, the only way a department head is going to know the caliber of a school is by individual contacts and name recognition. Unfortunately most department heads wont have any insight about the EE program at the University of South Carolina and thus how do they fairly rank them against a school like MIT. If they hire somebody to the faculty from USC and he seems like he knows what he's doing then that can lend insight.
Generally the undergraduate program rankings have nothing to do with the caliber of the classes, just name recognition. The only real investigation that goes on is for ABET accreditation. Now the Faculty research and and Graduate programs are ranked by an independent government agency. Like wise, I believe USC undergraduate ranking was somewhere in the realm of 100, but I know this year the Graduate School Ranking placed 7th in the nation, and the Faculty research ranking was 6th in the nation. With such high rankings amongst the graduate and faculty programs, I have no doubt that this year the EE undergraduate program will receive a huge boost in its ranking.
Although higher ranked schools most likely contain some level of increased difficulty, it generally has nothing to do with the ranking; ie higher ranked schools are not more difficult than a lower ranked school. The undergraduate rankings are done by applied/admitted stats in addition to sending out questionnaires to all department heads whom then rank the schools. In general, the only way a department head is going to know the caliber of a school is by individual contacts and name recognition. Unfortunately most department heads wont have any insight about the EE program at the University of South Carolina and thus how do they fairly rank them against a school like MIT. If they hire somebody to the faculty from USC and he seems like he knows what he's doing then that can lend insight.
Generally the undergraduate program rankings have nothing to do with the caliber of the classes, just name recognition. The only real investigation that goes on is for ABET accreditation. Now the Faculty research and and Graduate programs are ranked by an independent government agency. Like wise, I believe USC undergraduate ranking was somewhere in the realm of 100, but I know this year the Graduate School Ranking placed 7th in the nation, and the Faculty research ranking was 6th in the nation. With such high rankings amongst the graduate and faculty programs, I have no doubt that this year the EE undergraduate program will receive a huge boost in its ranking.