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<p>Really? If you are interested in anything other than the Top 200 schools or so, and even not all of them, CC is a terrible place to find out that info. Many of the individual college boards have very few posts and questions go begging for months. Even parents who are experienced in the college game find this an intimidating and often misleading place. </p>
<p>Can it be useful? Yes, but the ratings probably feed the activity here more than anything, as they make people aware of schools that before the ratings would have been completely off the radar. I can recall looking at Barron’s 35 years ago and wondering why most people would even want to go to most of the schools in the book, they sounded so small and obscure. Now people know why they want to go to them and are seeking more information than ever.</p>