Times Higher Education UK North America College Rankings

from  http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/world-university-rankings/2011-2012/north-america.html

1	California Institute of Technology	United States	94.8
2	Harvard University	United States	93.9
2	Stanford University	United States	93.9
5	Princeton University	United States	92.9
7	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	United States	92.3
9	University of Chicago	United States	90.2
10	University of California, Berkeley	United States	89.8
11	Yale University	United States	89.1
12	Columbia University	United States	87.5
13	University of California, Los Angeles	United States	87.3
14	Johns Hopkins University	United States	85.8
16	University of Pennsylvania	United States	84.9
18	University of Michigan	United States	82.8
19	University of Toronto	Canada	81.6
20	Cornell University	United States	80.5
21	Carnegie Mellon University	United States	78.4
22	University of British Columbia	Canada	77.4
22	Duke University	United States	77.4
24	Georgia Institute of Technology	United States	77
25	University of Washington	United States	76.5
26	Northwestern University	United States	76.2
27	University of Wisconsin-Madison	United States	75.8
28	McGill University	Canada	75.5
29	University of Texas at Austin	United States	74.9
31	University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign	United States	74.2
33	University of California, San Diego	United States	73
35	University of California, Santa Barbara	United States	72.1
38	University of California, Davis	United States	71.2
41	Washington University in St Louis	United States	70.5
42	University of Minnesota	United States	70
43	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	United States	69.3
44	New York University	United States	69
49	Brown University	United States	65.6
51	Pennsylvania State University	United States	64.9
54	Boston University	United States	64.2
55	University of Southern California	United States	64
57	Ohio State University	United States	63
59	University of Pittsburgh	United States	62
64	University of Massachusetts	United States	61.1
65	McMaster University	Canada	61
70	Vanderbilt University	United States	59.6
72	Rice University	United States	59
75	Emory University	United States	57.4
77	University of Colorado Boulder	United States	57.3
77	Tufts University	United States	57.3
81	University of Rochester	United States	56.8
81	Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey	United States	56.8
86	University of California, Irvine	United States	55.4
89	University of Notre Dame	United States	55
90	Dartmouth College	United States	54.9
93	Case Western Reserve University	United States	54.6
94	University of Maryland, College Park	United States	54.5
96	Michigan State University	United States	54.4
97	University of Arizona	United States	54.2
98	Purdue University	United States	54
100	University of Alberta	Canada	53.7
104	University of Montreal	Canada	53.1
110	University of California, Santa Cruz	United States	52.5
113	University of Utah	United States	51.9
114	Stony Brook University	United States	51.4
123	Indiana University	United States	50.2
125	University of Florida	United States	50
127	Arizona State University	United States	49.9
135	George Washington University	United States	49
135	University of Virginia	United States	49
138	Georgetown University	United States	48
141	University of Iowa	United States	47.6
143	University of California, Riverside	United States	47.5
144	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	United States	47.4
146	William & Mary	United States	47
150	Brandeis University	United States	46.7
154	Yeshiva University	United States	46.2
162	Medical University of South Carolina	United States	45.8
162	Wake Forest University	United States	45.8
164	Texas A&M University	United States	45.7
167	University of Illinois at Chicago	United States	45.2
172	University of Miami	United States	44.8
173	Queen's University	Canada	44.6
177	University of Victoria	Canada	44.2
180	University of Delaware	United States	43.8
184	Iowa State University	United States	43.4
185	University of Ottawa	Canada	43.2
195	Boston College	United States	42.4
197	Georgia Health Sciences University	United States	41.5
201-225	University at Buffalo	United States	Data withheld by THE
201-225	University of Cincinnati	United States	Data withheld by THE
201-225	Colorado School of Mines	United States	Data withheld by THE
201-225	University of Georgia	United States	Data withheld by THE
201-225	University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey	United States	Data withheld by THE
201-225	Northeastern University	United States	Data withheld by THE
201-225	University of South Carolina	United States	Data withheld by THE
201-225	Tulane University	United States	Data withheld by THE
201-225	University of Waterloo	Canada	Data withheld by THE
201-225	University of Western Ontario	Canada	Data withheld by THE
226-250	University of Calgary	Canada	Data withheld by THE
226-250	Carleton University	Canada	Data withheld by THE
226-250	Colorado State University	United States	Data withheld by THE
226-250	Creighton University	United States	Data withheld by THE
226-250	Dalhousie University	Canada	Data withheld by THE
226-250	Drexel University	United States	Data withheld by THE
226-250	University of Missouri	United States	Data withheld by THE
226-250	Simon Fraser University	Canada	Data withheld by THE
226-250	State University of New York Albany - University at Albany	United States	Data withheld by THE
251-275	University of Hawaii at Manoa	United States	Data withheld by THE
251-275	University of Texas at Dallas	United States	Data withheld by THE
251-275	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	United States	Data withheld by THE
251-275	Wayne State University	United States	Data withheld by THE
276-300	University of Guelph	Canada	Data withheld by THE
276-300	University of Kansas	United States	Data withheld by THE
276-300	University of Kentucky	United States	Data withheld by THE
276-300	University of Texas at San Antonio	United States	Data withheld by THE
276-300	York University	Canada	Data withheld by THE
301-350	Binghamton University, State University of New York	United States	Data withheld by THE
301-350	George Mason University	United States	Data withheld by THE
301-350	University of Houston	United States	Data withheld by THE
301-350	Kent State University	United States	Data withheld by THE
301-350	Lehigh University	United States	Data withheld by THE
301-350	University of Manitoba	Canada	Data withheld by THE
301-350	University of Maryland, Baltimore County	United States	Data withheld by THE
301-350	University of Oklahoma	United States	Data withheld by THE
301-350	University of South Florida	United States	Data withheld by THE
301-350	Washington State University	United States	Data withheld by THE
351-400	Auburn University	United States	Data withheld by THE
351-400	Clemson University	United States	Data withheld by THE
351-400	Georgia State University	United States	Data withheld by THE
351-400	University of Idaho	United States	Data withheld by THE
351-400	Kansas State University	United States	Data withheld by THE
351-400	Michigan Technological University	United States	Data withheld by THE
351-400	New Jersey Institute of Technology	United States	Data withheld by THE
351-400	Old Dominion University	United States	Data withheld by THE
351-400	University of Wyoming	United States	Data withheld by THE

Asiamerican Dad's Top 10 College Admissions Myths

Here is the Washingon Post list: http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/7-college-admissions-myths/2011/10/20/gIQAmk4GAM_story.html

Not my top 7, but not a bad start.
1. It’s best to set your heart on one school and really go for it.

2. The tuition price listed in brochures is what everyone pays.

3. The admissions department adores you.

4. It’s best to crowd your application with a volume of extracurriculars.

5. It’s better to have a high GPA than to take difficult classes.

6. Essays don’t really matter much in the end because grades and test scores are so dominant in admissions decisions.

7. Recommendations from famous people can give an applicant a huge boost.

8. Take all the AP and double-triple Honors you can stand
9. Apply to schools that are popular with Asians

Asiamerican Dad's top 10

Don't apply to an expensive school - what you pay depends on who gives you the best financial package. Some college websites take your financial profile and estimate what you will pay. My 1st 2 college kids so far got deals from private schools with cost similar to University of Washington with dorm, including Seattle University and Santa Clara University, but most schools did not offer that much money.

1. You can't afford Harvard. Maybe you can't get into Harvard, but if your family makes $70,000 or less you basically get in for free, and that's true of a lot of the schools that are the hardest to get into.
2. Don't take the SATs in early grades because too many tests count against you. I don't have an inside, but from my standpoint, if you have history of terrible test scores and they only rose because you took it 100 times, then it would make sense. But kids who take the test in 8th or 9th grade (and don't have their heads explode) are actually more impressive, especially if they get even average scores at such a young age. One of my kids got nearly average in verbal and good enough to get into Worcester Polytechnic or most UW engineering tracks in 8th grade.
3. If I don't get into Harvard or Berkeley I'll Die or My Parents Will Disown Me. That's a common Asian attitude, but it's more realistic to see the world that you can succeed at whatever level you are at. If you're Fitchburg State, then be the best Fitchburg State you can be. I'm MIT and there are plenty of top school grads with less than perfect careers, and people without high school diplomas who own small businesses or own several houses. Go to the  best college you can afford, and if you can't afford any college you can still succeed in life.
4. Don't think being an academic star will get you into MIT / Harvard / Stanford. I've heard of kids who had top 1% test scores, perfect grade point average and activities and athletics up the wazoo who didn't make it in to Stanford even after they paid a bunch of money for the summer program. Perfect test scores and grades only improve your chances of getting in from 8% to 10%.
5. Applying to several low-admit-rate schools improves your chances of getting into at least one. All my kids got into the schools they were qualified for, but not much higher, even the one that got a letter from Harvard and invites from other nearly Ivy league schools. Try for one or two, but more than that is a waste of time.
6. I'll never get into Harvard because of my scores are too low Inversely, I knew one student who got into every school she applied for, and even got a free vist to campus at Wellesley even though she was from the west coast and had not even applied yet. Apply to two schools harder than is easy for you to get into, two that aren't hard, and two that are easier. If you are Yo Yo Ma (the #1 cellist right now who graduated from Harvard), you don't need top scores, which won't get you in anyways.
7. Don't just apply to one school, even a public university. Places like Univerity of Washington now admit fewer than 1 in 2, and even less if you are a resident because out of state students pay more. I know one student who only applied to U Washington and ended up having to transfer from a community college. In the 70s, places like this admitted anyone who was remotely qualified, now being qualified is no guarantee of admission.
8. Take all the AP and double-triple honors you can stand  If you actually like being a kamikaze academic and doing way too much reading, AP can be a challenge and help you effectively skip your freshman year. But experience with my kids is that things like AP history don't matter at engineering schools and do way too much reading and memorization. It can give you an edge in admissions, but fact is most schools where this would make a difference are impossible to get into anyways. Taking 4 AP classes at one time is a sure recipe for a year in academic hell.
9. Apply to schools that are popular with Asians One problem with Asians is that they all apply to same damn top dozen schools, where AvgAmericans will generally apply to schools where they actually have a chance of getting in, and are ok with that. There are great schools with great test scores averages that are relatively easy to get into, and most of them DON'T have piles of Asians. These include Vanderbilt in Tennnesee and Macalester in St. Paul. Macaleseter took in a girl I knew who gave her a full ride including transportation, but she went to Wellesley instead because it is much better known, but neither has much visibility in the OMG my kid has to get in Asian parent game.
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