Tulane vs Berkeley vs Michigan

fallenchemist
Sun, 03 Apr 2011 07:37:02 +0000

senior557 - Forget about the rankings. As has been discussed on numerous threads to death, they are subjective, inconsistent, and ridiculous. Employers pay no attention to them. In the general rankings Tulane is still suffering from the statistics post-Katrina, because 6 year graduation rates account for over 25% of the scoring. Katrina was 5 years ago. Tulane’s graduation rates and retention rates are now much higher, but that won’t show up for a few years yet because of the way USNWR calculates things. As far as business school rankings, I can think of little more absurd. How can Tulane be ranked 10th by the Financial Times of London for Finance but not get a similar ranking for some others? Who knows.

By the time you graduate you will be wondering why you even cared about rankings, they are so meaningless. It is about what school provides the best environment for you. You have three great choices that are so different. Try to forget about all the noise of people saying they are “best”, a completely undefinable thing for colleges, and focus on what is best for you based on solid, factual information and your own preferences.