Is Forbes's college rankings correct????

[annasdad]

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Rankings are a load of c**p.

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<p>Amen, bro. Couldn’t say it better myself. However, with slightly greater erudition:</p>

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Make no mistake: the publication of college rankings is a business enterprise that capitalizes on anxiety about college admissions. Ranking lists do not provide very useful information for making decisions about where you should apply. Their main flaw is obvious but worth stating: rankings employ a one-size-fits-all approach to a highly personal decision. The particular characteristics that go into the ranking calculations often have very little to do with what will be important to your educational experience. … Rankings promote the notion that the college you attend signifies your place in the world. “I will be seen as ‘better’ if I attend a more highly-ranked school.” **Rankings encourage students (and parents) to internalize the myth that where you go to college defines your value and determines your future success in life. **</p>

<p>This country has hundreds of outstanding undergraduate programs, each offering more opportunities than any student could possibly pursue over four years. The truth is this: it is the student who makes something out of those opportunities, and not the school that makes something out of the student.

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<p>– Yale Dean of Admissions Jeffrey Brenzel (emphasis added)</p>

<p>[Looking</a> Beyond the College Rankings | Yale College Admissions](<a href=“http://admissions.yale.edu/looking-beyond-college-rankings]Looking”>http://admissions.yale.edu/looking-beyond-college-rankings)</p>