waitingmomla:
From US News website –
“U.S. News collected the most recent data by administering peer assessment surveys in spring and summer 2020 directly to schools. Of the 4,816 academics who were sent questionnaires in 2020, 36.4% responded – a decrease from the 43% response rate in 2019”
So roughly 1/3 of colleges responded this year. I wonder if this is indicative of academia’s opinion of the value of this component. And as discussed in an article in the WSJ, schools they interviewed admitted that often the people completing this survey are not presidents/deans/provosts, but staff who get delegated the job and have acknowledged they could not possibly know all the information that would be required to properly evaluate other schools. Yet it makes up 20% of the rank. I personally will never understand that.
I would like this post 1,000 times if I could.
For all those who are posting about the various ranking lists and methodologies, doing analyses on changes from year and such…I am certain there are underprivileged HS students who could use your pro-bono help in navigating the college admissions process.