<p>I see your point, it’s valid, but I am going to have to respectfully disagree. </p>
<p>I did not write all of this solely for the benefit of the OP, though that was a part of it. Many other prospective kids could come across this thread; my posts provide a useful resource to them to make that decision. Now, since Wharton was specifically mentioned in this thread, I feel perfectly entitled to write in it. If we each stuck to our own threads, all she would get is two biased opinions, this was she gets to see us our arguments clash which is infinitely more useful to her. Let us not pretend that everyone does not write on the threads of other people’s boards, it happens all the time and it is absolutely natural when your school in brought up. </p>
<p>Now, onto the infamous business week rankings. Firstly, most of the data business week posts is straight up inaccurate - Wharton does not release its information to business week. In fact, Harvard felt that business week’s rankings were so dishonest and profit- motivated, that they two with-held information from business week for their graduate school rankings (which are equally ridiculous - look at how low Stanford is placed, anyone in the business world would laugh at that). Wharton has the best finance professors and is the best in many fields in the world, the smartest business students, it is the most selective undergraduate business program (in general, it is essentially as selective as Harvard), it has far better facilities than most school. By any metric you, Wharton should and does come out on top. If you look at the US News rankings (where Wharton has been the sole number one school for as long as the ranking has existed) the schools that are rated No.1 and 2 in business week rate 23rd and 6th respectively. As I said, Wharton stands alone and is unambiguously the best (after all Wharton was the world’s first collegiate school of business). You would you trust to rate business schools? People that work on the street, or reporters that know absolutely nothing about the industry and come up rankings so ridiculous that the two most influential schools withdrew their support from it? Stop referencing this ranking, I feel embarrassed for you. That’s like me citing the shsihdsifhs rankings that say Harvard is the 120th best college in the world and say, “oh look, Harvard is not the best college anymore!” Nonsense. It would infuriate you if I said US News ranks Penn above Columbia, and therefore Penn must be better than Columbia. See, you’re playing with a double edged sword, I’d be careful if I were you (particularly since US News is far more reliable and respected than Business week). To use your own words, self-serving is exactly what these rankings are, because it increases Business week’s numbers because they are so shocking, that is more important to them than truth. Be very careful with rankings; ask people who know what they are talking about what they think. </p>
<p>I may not see you on the Upenn board, but I do see a whole lot of other Columbians there. This really is a two way street. If you’d like an official invitation to post on the Upenn board, then you’ve just been invited. </p>
<p>I don’t mean to ramble on, I think I have made most of my points clear already so I have little reason to post here much more; I will do so if I deem it necessary though.</p>