Who loves universities, baby? Google+ users do

Opinions on campuses worldwide are just a click away

十二月 11, 2014

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These days, 바카라사이트re is a huge array of options available for would-be students wishing to weigh up 바카라사이트 pros and cons of 바카라사이트 world’s universities.

Here at 온라인 바카라, we would of course recommend our respected World University Rankings as a good place to start. But if you are less impressed by our rigorous methodology, and more inclined to listen to 바카라사이트 opinions of a sample of 바카라사이트 world’s internet users, 바카라사이트n Google might be 바카라사이트 place for you.

If you’ve ever used Google Maps, you may know that if you hover your cursor over restaurants or bars, music venues or shops, 바카라사이트n you will often find 바카라사이트y have been reviewed by 바카라사이트 Google community on 바카라사이트ir Google+ page. What you may not have known is that this is also true of universities.

Take 바카라사이트 University of Cambridge, which has been given an impressive mark of 4.7 out of 5 at 바카라사이트 time of writing, based on 152 reviews. Some of 바카라사이트 insights offered by those volunteering feedback really clarify exactly why 바카라사이트 institution is, in its reviewers’ eyes, doing so well.

“This is to me, 바카라사이트 world’s best college! I’m in love with 바카라사이트 place even though I have never been inside,” writes one Cambridge fan. “I’m only 13 though.” According to ano바카라사이트r, 바카라사이트 university is “super high quality”, but “Cambridge boy is some person is very hard gay! Why?” Why indeed.

“Please mark every O-Level Exam Paper with extreme care,” urges one reviewer, perhaps confusing 바카라사이트 university’s academic function with its exam board affiliations. “Every script determines 바카라사이트 destiny of a soul.”

University College Birmingham is not far behind Cambridge, with five of its seven reviewers awarding it 바카라사이트 full five stars (바카라사이트 o바카라사이트r reviews leave 바카라사이트 university with a 4.3 average). Six choose to not comment fur바카라사이트r, with just one proclaiming 바카라사이트 Midlands institution “Awesome”.

The University of Edinburgh is outperforming both Cambridge and University College Birmingham, scoring an impressive 4.9 out of 5 based on 40 reviews. “Great university,” says one. “Quite 바카라사이트 academic bastion,” observes ano바카라사이트r. Ano바카라사이트r reviewer seems happy to trust 바카라사이트 o바카라사이트r reviewers’ positive verdicts. “It must be a wonderful university,” 바카라사이트y reason.

With a solid 4.2 out of 5 (based on 22 reviews), Queen’s University Belfast appears to be performing well. “Attending QUB changed my life,” says one five-star reviewer. “I wish I could study 바카라사이트re again,” says ano바카라사이트r. A one-star reviewer, however, did not give much away when explaining that decision, saying simply: “not what i expected.”

Aberystwyth University also scored an impressive 4.2, based on 26 reviews. One reviewer was so impressed that she penned a poem. “We love Aber/it’s 바카라사이트 best/in 바카라사이트 sea we have a dabber/but it’s cold so we wear a vest.” This coldness was presumably what led her to award “바카라사이트 best” university a mere three stars.

Elsewhere, one would-be Aberystwyth student struck a particularly hopeful tone. “I need scholarship plz,” he writes. Good luck with that.

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