<p>MikeJohnson’s comparison to USC is a great one. It has taken/is taking decades to overcome past stereotypes. Throw in rival schools (UCLA and Berkeley) who want to keep the stereotypes alive and you realize the difficulty in changing attitudes. For Miami, it will always be stuck with people wanting to believe great educational publications like Playboy Magazine calling it a great party school.</p>
<p>You can’t live and die by someone else’s rankings, you can only crank out better and better graduates. The top 15 aren’t going to change probably ever. Then you get into the 15-30 range where you have a lot of great schools like, BC, USC, Georgetown etc. For Miami to move into that group someone is going to have to move down and I don’t see that happening. So the real goal needs to be to educate people that it’s not 15-30 but 15-40 and then get into that pool and stay there.</p>
<p>Living well is the best revenge. Don’t get obsessed with the rankings.</p>