Gripe about school rankings and humanities

Trytostaydead · Post by **Trytostaydead** » 2003-04-22 05:06pm

Anyone else notice that unless you're basically an ivy known for its sciences, everyone judges you by your humanities department?

I know, given that a large majority of the students graduate from the humanities instead of science it's still a painful humiliation to be judged by them.

Such as my school has a god awfully easy humanities department but in sciences we're always fluctating in and out of the national top 10 lists (I believe the highest we achieved was #3 in chemistry when I was a freshman).. however, when I'm socializing outside of the school and you tell them where you come from they immediately go, "I hear that's a party school.. easy school, huh?" and all that shit and I just want to sock them.

InnerBrat · Post by **InnerBrat** » 2003-04-22 05:35pm

My uni's known for it's medical school.

And neurosicence
And anatomy
And the Institute of Arcaheology
And its genetics (Steve Jones)
And anthropology

AND for being the first university in England to let in people who weren't signed-up Church of England.
AND for being the first university in England to let in women

AND for Darwin, Marie Stopes, and many others that I'd be able to name if I wasn't so tired.

Death from the Sea · Post by **Death from the Sea** » 2003-04-22 05:47pm

My university is known for its Agriculture, Engineering, and Business schools. Our college of liberal arts sucks and we know it, but there is a plan to fix that.

Gig 'Em

Joe · Post by **Joe** » 2003-04-22 06:07pm

UGA has a little bit of everything, although Georgia Tech is obviously going to be superior for chemistry, engineering, and such (but not for biology, pharmacy, and pre-med). The Business school, which I'm in, and the Journalism school are what we're most well-known for.

Trytostaydead · Post by **Trytostaydead** » 2003-04-22 06:30pm

innerbrat wrote:My uni's known for it's medical school.

And neurosicence
And anatomy
And the Institute of Arcaheology
And its genetics (Steve Jones)
And anthropology

AND for being the first university in England to let in people who weren't signed-up Church of England.
AND for being the first university in England to let in women

AND for Darwin, Marie Stopes, and many others that I'd be able to name if I wasn't so tired.

Which University do you go to?

Crazy_Vasey · Post by **Crazy_Vasey** » 2003-04-22 07:13pm

My Universities known for errr, erm, hmm, umm, I'll get back to you on that one...

Superman · Post by **Superman** » 2003-04-22 07:16pm

My university is the only school in North America with two board certified forensic anthropologists on staff.

It is also known for its M.I.S. program. What a stupid field. M.I.S. people are the most boring individuals you will ever meet.

InnerBrat · Post by **InnerBrat** » 2003-04-23 01:53am

Trytostaydead wrote:
Which University do you go to?

University College London

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2003-04-23 11:41am

USF has the reputation of being a research school. Thus, it's science is fairly difficult, but humanities tends to be rather easy (except certain graduate business programs).

aphexmonster · Post by **aphexmonster** » 2003-04-23 12:02pm

In just over a year, ill be able to get judged by my humanities department ;_; ... oh i cant wait.

Nathan F · Post by **Nathan F** » 2003-04-23 12:42pm

My school is known for its Agriculture and Engineering departments, with a noted Chemistry and Forensic Anthropology departments as well.