Oh as for the list and some of the comments above, Harvard is a very good school, not just reputation. I tend to be more industry and real world biased then academics, but Princeton seems a little too theoretical (not saying they are not a good school, just not my taste). I know there is a large faction out there that doesn't like to bring in MIT students the same reason they might not like Waterloo students.
To me, as far as North American universities go, and I don't know how they go about these rankings. Stanford is the best. All things considered (academics to personal development and social skills) Stanford seems to pump up the largest number of quality innovation then any other university. Berkeley, though I've met quite a few dumb ass's (i.e. I have lots of UofA and UofC friends who I'd consider are better) is a pretty good school. For a public school, its sort of weird to see a large group of very intelligent students, and 10% of them you just have to wonder how they past Darwin's school. Nevertheless, even between its university a few miles west, they have a lot more quality people coming out then UCSF.
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Originally Posted by Ozy_Flame
And if all an employer was looking for was an alumni, that would be a very sorry state of affairs.
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ADDITION : actually, employers do really look at where you went to school and some particularly target alumni. The biggest example of this are American MBA's, you see a large difference in networking opportunities in Stanfords GSB or Berkeley's Wharton then the rest.