<p>All said and done. Do u really believe rankings are an ideal parameter of assessing the quality of students in a B-school. And hence sloan ranked #4 has better students than chicago GSB #6 !! ?? I am sure there is gonna be difference of opinion on this. nevertheless…</p>
<p>and about the assesment methods tht u provded in ur link </p>
<p><a href=“http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/gr.../07biz_meth.php[/url]”>http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/gr.../07biz_meth.php</a> …lets keep this stats away couz there are no. of ways in which these stats/methods can be challenged and for starters let me state something tht a good and knowledgable friend of mine had written. I encourage u to share on opinion on this:</p>
<p>Another large component of the US News ranking is based on student selectivity (nominally 25% of the total score). Some 16.25% of the total score comes from the mean GMAT score. While there is a some connection between the average GMAT and quality of a school, we should not automatically assume that it is a strong connection. </p>
<p>There are a number of ways that schools can post a high GMAT mean that have little to do with prestige. The most obvious is just select students with the highest GMAT. Since we are using the mean just a few students with very high GMAT scores can have substantial influence on the average. Another important point to keep in mind is the difference between perceived value and prestige. Public schools that charge low in-state tuitions will tend to attract students on the basis of value but not necessarily prestige. Students from outside the state that are not eligible for the in-state tuition would often make a different choice. This might explain the presence of some of the public institutions on the US News list of top schools. To be clear, I am not stating that these are inferior schools, just that they might not rank as high as they appear to rank if we focus on the price-independent reputation of the school.</p>