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dcircle · 05-09-2008, 03:44 PM

for what it's worth

brown is placed 5th
How to Choose a College - Forbes.com

here is their methodology explanation--they try to take into account how satisfied students are with their experience and how well they do in their careers after they graduate
How to Choose a College - Forbes.com

the only school that seems egregiously out of place to me is MIT, which i suspect gets dinged on the student satisfaction side (it is an amazing place, but most students have a love/hate relationship with it because it is so tough). boston college and southern methodist make out incredibly well, but don't entirely shock me given the selection criteria and my limited knowledge of those schools. thoughts?

05-09-2008, 03:44 PM	#1
dcircle Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Threads: 139 Posts: 1,514	a new ranking for what it's worth brown is placed 5th How to Choose a College - Forbes.com here is their methodology explanation--they try to take into account how satisfied students are with their experience and how well they do in their careers after they graduate How to Choose a College - Forbes.com the only school that seems egregiously out of place to me is MIT, which i suspect gets dinged on the student satisfaction side (it is an amazing place, but most students have a love/hate relationship with it because it is so tough). boston college and southern methodist make out incredibly well, but don't entirely shock me given the selection criteria and my limited knowledge of those schools. thoughts?