<p>The US News rankings are notoriously unreliable. Caveat Emptor.</p>
<p>When researching universities you need to dig a lot deeper than US News rankings. Universities game such rankings to gain a competitive edge.</p>
<p>See: </p>
<p>[Did</a> Clemson game the US News rankings? - Boston Globe 6/3/2009](<a href=“http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/brainiac/2009/06/did_clemson_gam.html]Did”>http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/brainiac/2009/06/did_clemson_gam.html)</p>
<p>[In</a> Clemson Rankings Controversy, Most College Officials Assume Everyone Games the System](<a href=“http://chronicle.com/article/In-Clemson-Rankings-Controv/47707/]In”>http://chronicle.com/article/In-Clemson-Rankings-Controv/47707/)</p>
<p>[Morse</a> Code - Inside the College Rankings By Bob Morse](<a href=“http://www.usnews.com/blogs/college-rankings-blog/2009/06/04/clemson-and-the-college-rankings/comments/]Morse”>http://www.usnews.com/blogs/college-rankings-blog/2009/06/04/clemson-and-the-college-rankings/comments/)</p>
<p>[Talking</a> tough in UF’s hot seat](<a href=“http://www.sptimes.com/2004/08/30/State/Talking_tough_in_UF_s.shtml]Talking”>http://www.sptimes.com/2004/08/30/State/Talking_tough_in_UF_s.shtml)
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<p>[On</a> survey, Machen rates UF with Harvard, other Fla. schools low](<a href=“http://www.gainesville.com/article/20090617/ARTICLES/906171007]On”>http://www.gainesville.com/article/20090617/ARTICLES/906171007)</p>
<p>FSU, on the rankings page I listed earlier, says this about university rankings:
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<p>To Classygirl - I think you should really visit each university and speak with the faculty of the departments that interest you. My D1 did this and rejected UF, but for her own reasons. She is now a second-year med student, having received a B.S. in biochemistry from FSU and being elected to Phi Beta Kappa. You may find UI is for you, or likewise FSU or UF. I posted some of her experiences here: <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/florida-state-university/686848-sneak-peek-inside-fsu-college-medicine-1st-year-student.html?highlight=sneak+peek+fsu+med[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/florida-state-university/686848-sneak-peek-inside-fsu-college-medicine-1st-year-student.html?highlight=sneak+peek+fsu+med</a></p>
<p>Good luck! </p>
<p>Further, UMiami is the highest ranked school per US News in Florida, not UF.</p>
<p>See: [Miami</a> beats out UF as top state school](<a href=“http://www.gainesville.com/article/20100817/articles/8171011]Miami”>http://www.gainesville.com/article/20100817/articles/8171011)</p>