资深灌水老牛们眼中的TOP20究竟是哪些?

1  Northwestern
2  Chicago
3  ennsylvania
4  Stanford
5  Harvard
6  Michigan
7  Cornell
8  Columbia
9  MIT
10  Dartmouth
11  Duke  
12  Virginia
13  NYU
14  UCLA
15  Carnegie Mellon
16  UNC Chapel-Hill
17  UC Berkeley  
18  Indiana
19  Texas - Austin
20  Emory

以上是2005BW的排名,04,03估计会有一两个出入,唯一一个落在20外的老校是YALE. 其实说白了就是INDIANA和EMORY在不在老牛们灌水时所意的TOP20之内.

诚望已经毕业或是在校的老牛们指点! 谢过谢过!

usually, top 20 means 23 to 25 schools which have been in the spots by some ranking systems such as BW. The same could apply to top 15 (17 to 18 schools),top 10, top 5 and so on.

For top20 (based on consistency in BW), Emory should not be a firm  one since it has been ranked only 3 times (28th, 22nd, 20th).I am simply talking about the numbers here.Purdue has been with top20-30 spots for five times, and it's not a top20 either (but 20th once). Indiana, however, has been always (except in 1998) ranked among top20, at least by BW.Yale's rankings has not been consistent either, but four times among top20, and it's reputation is just too strong to ingore, right? Don't forget that Wash U. also has been among top20 three times.Vanderbilt's been there once, Rochester twice,and this can go on an on, not to even mention other rankings, hehe.

Thank you guys nice input info!

DING! Wish more water here!

The above precious comment is from a professional bull in CD. I didn't put his name here just considering any possible dispute on this topic. Just want to share with anyone who has the interest. That's all.