[Magdalen] Tightrope?

[Roger Stokes]

On 18/11/2015 21:12, Cantor03--- via Magdalen wrote:
> I certainly agree that essentially every listing of preferred 
> colleges/universities lists UM-Ann Arbor. That said, I am amused by 
> the almost reverential tone employed officially (and even unofficially 
> in such as wikipedia) used to describe the University of Michigan. One 
> gets the impression from some of these that UM-Ann Arbor is 
> Harvard/Oxford/Cambridge combined. They could take themselves a little 
> less seriously.

topuniversities.com rates the University of Michigan at #30 worldwide 
and #15 within the USA. Times Higher Education is more generous - #17 
worldwide and #13 in the USA

Roger