<p>[How</a> to Choose a College - Forbes.com](<a href=“http://www.forbes.com/opinions/forbes/2008/0519/030_2.html]How”>http://www.forbes.com/opinions/forbes/2008/0519/030_2.html)</p>
<p>I don’t really need these rankings to tell me that NU is the best place for me, but it’s nice to see still.</p>
<p>i don’t agree with some of the other top 20…Boston College? Southern Methodist? Who the hell ranks these schools?</p>
<p>You have to take all of these rankings with a grain of salt. A large component of Forbes’ rankings is based upon how the students rate their professors - highly subjective within a school let alone between schools. The most important thing in choosing a school is “fit” and there is no way for any ranking system to measure that.</p>
<p>I have looked at the lists on the Forbes website and am going to get a copy of the mag to see if they go into any more detail. The Forbes survey used a “highly subjective” student-generated professor rating. I wonder if they also used a totally unsubjective rating similar to USN&WR’s peer ranking.</p>
<p>I read the Forbes article, and what’s funny is they criticize USN’s rankings. Um at least they are based on stats!</p>
<p>FYI, the CCAP rankings of national universities as published by Forbes.com is inaccurate as to CCAP’s actual ranking of SMU. Forbes.com lists SMU as 13 when, in fact, it’s ranked by CCAP as 43. Take a look at CCAP’s own list at the bottom of its own home page:The Center for College Affordability and Productivity. As you will see, the top 20 schools now begin with Harvard and end with Brandeis. BTW, I confirmed the accuracy of the CCAP-published list by email with CCAP.</p>