| There's obviously a lot of negativity toward the US News list...but I think its value as a resource is underestimated. A lot of schools with strong academic reputations are relatively unknown among high school juniors looking at colleges, and helps almost publicize the academic elite schools that aren't in a certain athletics conference.
Posters here often joke about people who think UPENN is a state school, but some aspiring college applicants may be under the same assumption without US News' guide...however imperfect its rankings may be, it serves a purpose. |