Penn State news

soozievt
Sun, 04 Mar 2007 20:23:57 +0000

However, those schools are not ranked in numerical order. Looking at reputation and selectivity is a different thing. Grouping schools by those that are highly selective or well known in the field is natural. That is not the same as a ranking by various criteria in numerical order that USNews does for colleges in general and was the question being asked here as to which schools are ordered into the top five by ranking. But yes, selectivity and if a school is well known, may be factors in a list of one’s personal college criteria. In my mind, I do group schools by their academic selectivity and their artistic selectivity and if they are widely known for their programs, etc. I could not number each program in sequential order, however. And I wouldn’t care even if such an order existed, if I went to #4 or #7 and if I liked #7 because it fit my college criteria, that would be all that mattered. However, my college criteria MIGHT include going to a very selective school for the level/challenge and also a school with a good reputation for its program. Schools, including those for musical theater, CAN be roughly grouped in that way. I don’t need a ranking or numerical order, however.