<p>WOW. BUSM moved up 15 places??? thats HUGE. I wont beleive it totally till I see it for myself though.
My questions though, given that its the truth:
<p>lol good old US News prolly changed one of their ranking criteria.</p>
<p>good point. if thats the case, which it probably is, ill be interested to see how other rankings have been rearranged. guess this is just a testament to how unimportant these rankings are, huh?</p>
<p>also, is anyone else having a hard time getting away from thinking about how important the ranking of a school is though?</p>
<p>This latest US News and World Reports ranking is only of medical schools and not of colleges, in general, correct?</p>
<p>i think I’ll answer all the questions in the last couple messages:</p>
<p>I dont think it’s a typo. they wouldn’t make such a mistake in such an important issue.</p>
<p>I was talking to a friend of mine who works in a BUSM lab, and he said he wasn’t surprised, as the school’s doing a lot of critical research and is taking more competitive applicants. he also told me that the med school has some of the best professors & departments in the country. i don’t think the school will fall next year.</p>
<p>some schools move around, while others didnt. feinberg stayed at 20. i believe brown moved up to 40.</p>
<p>yes, this is of medical schools. look in barnes & noble for “US News and world report: 2006 Best Graduate Schools”</p>
<p>yea I think we have to be able to blind ourselves a bit to these rankings. in my opinion, there’s only one thing that determines how good your medical education is: how much you push yourself to learn. yea the school’s important, but your own personal drive is essential.</p>
<p>Can you find out what is the ranking for Albany Medical college, Drexel College of Medicine and University of miami.</p>
<p>i really doubt any effort, not matter how vehement, would boost it up 15 slots when taken against some of the country’s other best medical schools. It can be done, over a few years, but one? Hard to beleive!</p>
<p>I heard that they secured a grant from the government for 200 million boosting their NIH funding to around 300 million from 100. The grant is based in biodefense or something. Needless to say it will go back down once the program is finished. I am only repeating what someone else said.</p>
<p>if you want a critique of the U.S. News & World Report rankings, check out the website listed below and read the abstract from an article from the American Association of Medical Colleges (you have to pay to read the entire article). although written in 2001, it certainly sheds some light on our obsession to place great importance on these rankings, which could potentially be flawed or misleading.
<a href=“Academic Medicine”>http://www.academicmedicine.org/cgi/content/abstract/76/10/985</a></p>
<p>the grant news is pretty big. that is a probable reason for why it shot up 15 spots. </p>
<p>the article by qtpie is interesting. i think it’s pretty clear that the us news rankings aren’t exactly the greatest.</p>
<p>those of you who got in to the program - did any of you receive the university scholarship?</p>
<p>did you have to apply for that? I haven’t gotten fin.aid yet…</p>
<p>on another note, are any of the acceptees planning on going to the april 15th open house for the program?</p>
<p>i want to, but can’t. i will be in atlanta on that day. i already emailed katie. i will attend the local open house in my area in early april.</p>
<p>is anyone else going?</p>
<p>i’ll be there.</p>
<p>will you tell me all about it? i am a coca-cola finalist; so, i’ll be in atlanta.</p>
<p>sure. seems like there’s no one else on this board anymore haha.</p>
<p>there are some people interested in bu’s program on the other boards. where are you from?</p>
<p>new jersey.</p>
<p>hey sss120
i posted this question elsewhere: do you have any info regarding the stats for residency placements at BU?</p>