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true_religion on March 25, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: I want to go to college

Speaking of which... isn't it kinda wierd that so many in the top 100 are from California [1]?

It makes me wonder why we count campuses as separate in the rankings.

If you have a monolithic system as many universities in Europe do, you'd be penalized for it.

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academic_Ranking_of_World_Univ...

Hyena on March 25, 2012 [–]

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