<p>^ While I don’t disagree with USNWR’s flaws, all this ranking shows by itself is that Tulane values high test scores. I know, for instance, that it gives very generous merit scholarships to high-stat kids. Does this necessarily make it a “better” school than Cornell? No. (Nor does Cornell’s prestige necessarily make it a better school than Tulane.) To use a ranking by any single criteria, however useful, is dangerously flawed.</p>