US News isn't the only ranking

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:There are indeed many rankings, there is, however, only one ranking that drives college apps an estimated 1% per ranking spot. Colleges know what that ranking is and are in tune with components of the composite ranking.

USNEWS matters, the other rankings do not. Is that "fair," "right" or "stupid?" Who knows? But it is the current reality.

Maybe in the US, but higher education has become a global commodity and the international rankings now matter a lot. They are quite different from US News which is designed to see how much schools approximate Harvard. Caltech is number 1 worldwide.

http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/world-university-rankings/2013-14/world-ranking

No it's not. Harvard is #1 internationally. US news rankings matter because they fit preconceptions, they look true.

Sorry, Caltech is Number 1 internationally. Did you even click the link?

[Anonymous]

When does the next US News ranking come out?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There are indeed many rankings, there is, however, only one ranking that drives college apps an estimated 1% per ranking spot. Colleges know what that ranking is and are in tune with components of the composite ranking.

USNEWS matters, the other rankings do not. Is that "fair," "right" or "stupid?" Who knows? But it is the current reality.

Maybe in the US, but higher education has become a global commodity and the international rankings now matter a lot. They are quite different from US News which is designed to see how much schools approximate Harvard. Caltech is number 1 worldwide.

http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/world-university-rankings/2013-14/world-ranking

No it's not. Harvard is #1 internationally. US news rankings matter because they fit preconceptions, they look true.

Sorry, Caltech is Number 1 internationally. Did you even click the link?

no, i didn't check the link, i am familiar with times rankings. it's not good. shanghai list is much better. check out that one.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There are indeed many rankings, there is, however, only one ranking that drives college apps an estimated 1% per ranking spot. Colleges know what that ranking is and are in tune with components of the composite ranking.

USNEWS matters, the other rankings do not. Is that "fair," "right" or "stupid?" Who knows? But it is the current reality.

Maybe in the US, but higher education has become a global commodity and the international rankings now matter a lot. They are quite different from US News which is designed to see how much schools approximate Harvard. Caltech is number 1 worldwide.

http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/world-university-rankings/2013-14/world-ranking

No it's not. Harvard is #1 internationally. US news rankings matter because they fit preconceptions, they look true.

Sorry, Caltech is Number 1 internationally. Did you even click the link?

no, i didn't check the link, i am familiar with times rankings. it's not good. shanghai list is much better. check out that one.

Shanghai's rankings are rubbish. They seem to be designed to get certain results like USNews. When some researchers tried to reproduce the results using Shanghai's supposed methodology, they could not. The Times methodology is superior and the results undoubtedly are too.

http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11192-007-1712-1

[Anonymous]

Use whatever rankings you like for whatever purpose you like, but just know that the US News rankings are the only rankings that drive up (or down) applications. With few exceptions, colleges care most about the US News rankings.