Top 10 versus Top 25

TheDad
Tue, 19 May 2009 15:32:50 +0000

The rankings are painted in such large brushstrokes, using criteria that may or may not have significance to a given student, that they’re meaningless. Within the pool of Top 50 universities and Top 30 or so LAC’s…you’re making an error if you leave them out…the answer usually is, “It depends.” Sometimes Middlebury would trump Harvard. Heck, sometimes Texas A&M trumps Yale.

Give me some info about the student’s temperament and interests, along with proposed major, and I can give you a better idea.

Obession with USNWR ratings is up there with perusing astrological charts.