Finally, BU's quality is recognized by a university ranking organization. I attended BU in the 70's when it didn't get much respect, but I always felt that it was a much better university than people thought at the time. But, we shouldn't get carried away because the quality of an education depends on how the student utilizes a school's resources. Rankings fail to measure that very important value. But it is a guilty pleasure to go to the QS-THES site (http://www.topuniversities.com/worlduniversityrankings/) and see that our crosstown rival, BC, is not even listed among the 500 ranked universities.