<p>“It wouldn’t be wise to go to a school simply because its undergraduate ranking is high – you should only care about the school’s excellence in your field or sub-field.”</p>
<p>Exactly. I would be a fool to go to Harvard for clinical psychology, whereas no one would believe me if i were to tell them that some of the top programs for clinical psych (which, with an overall average acceptance rate is hovering around 5%, is considered to be the most competitive graduate program to get into) are at Iowa, Oregon, and SUNY Stonybrook.</p>