| Tzar, I am not really sure why you have a bee in your bonnet about the DI rankings. They are what they are; a ranking by practicioners of what they consider to be the best schools. If you don't care what practiciners think about your school then just ignore it. Is it flawed? Absolutely, just like very other ranking out there. However the DI rankings are as good as any that I have seen for architecture schools, and are a pretty good reflection of the students that I have hired.
We had the report, and my D looked at it, but I don't think it had a lot of influence on her choice of schools to apply to.
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