College Rankings

[16399]

<p>This has to be the most hilarious set of rankings I’ve ever seen!</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/features/2006/0609.national.html[/url]”>http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/features/2006/0609.national.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>UCR in front of Harvard!!!???</p>

[WayyyTooWorried]

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@fish0matic

Yeah, the Washington Monthly one was to commemorate those universities which they believed were underappreciated for their services to the country. Totally different methodology than other ranking systems.

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@Chowdy

Washington Monthly’s rankings are based on what universities do for the country. It has nothing to do with prestige or with what school is better to attend. It’s simpy about what school produces more good for the nation. What helps the nation more…? The school that really only rich kids can afford to go to? Or the great public schools that (almost) anyone can afford to go. Go figure.

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@Slorg

I take those rankings perfectly seriously. They measure exactly what they are designed to measure (i.e., a combination of biased, weighted factors), not how good a university is.

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<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=190441[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=190441&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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[kschnitz]

<p>I think we all have our own internal set of rankings, which aren’t likely to line up perfectly with US News. These are based on whichever factors are important to us (location, majors, undergrad experience, etc) These operate on a similar concept- using alternate ranking methods. I personally don’t agree with a lot of them, but this is an issue that is obviously subjective. Just so you know- UCR is not better than Harvard.</p>

[chipsahuy]

<p>ef the ratings, they’re a bunch of bs that publishers make up in order to make money selling magazines</p>

[Oyama]

<p>Like I said in some other forums, as long as your school is recruited for your respective major or is AT LEAST known for your department, it doesn’t matter if your school is #15 or #38 or #80.</p>

<p>All that crap is trivial and shouldn’t dictate where you should go.</p>

[Voiceofreason]

<p>“Just so you know- UCR is not better than Harvard.”</p>

<p>In what ways? Please be specific. In THIS particular ranking it IS better. It all depends on what you are considering for your ranking. I am 100% certain that UCR IS better than Harvard in SOME areas.</p>

[infamy]

<p>Harvard=school for RICH overachievers.
UCs=schools for overachievers
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<p>i know it’s not true in all cases but gotta rep for the UCs haha</p>

[Voiceofreason]

<p>Infamy dude you are awesome!</p>