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<p>Boy, if only that were the worst outcome to emerge from this poll. In any event, I think that kind of gaming would be pretty easy to spot and even if it became widespread, it would tend to factor out the results.</p>
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<p>Again, it seems as if Forbes can’t catch a break. There are posters to this thread who are convinced of just the opposite – that Payscale does NOT screen for graduate degrees – and, who argue that would be a bad thing (because it would only be measuring the value added by the graduate degee, not the u/g institution.) </p>
<p>Be truthful. If it were the other way around, you’d be the first to accuse Forbes of comparing apples with oranges. </p>
<p>As for self-reporting triple the amount of your true salary, it seems to me that you would have to assume an extremely high degree gamesmanship to motivate someone to register with Payscale, invent a fake cv and then inflate their salary history – all for the sake of improving their alma mater’s Forbes survey ranking. Yeah, I’m sure there are enterprising students and recent grads with nothing else better to do with their time (and money.) My attitude is the same as with ratemyprofessor: Have at it.</p>
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<p>I think your confusing Who’s Who in America with a bunch of other imitator/vanity publications. It’s actually pretty hard to get into Who’s Who.</p>