Forbes list of 100 Top Colleges is out

[Anonymous]

http://onforb.es/1uzTvFQ

Plenty of fodder for discussion. In a nutshell, they LOVE SLACS, but not so much Ivy love. Some schools are trashed - Vanderbilt #54, Wash U #63, JHU #67 NYU #72.

Not sure if these are based on size (smaller is better) and proximity to Boston, MA.

[Anonymous]

Plenty of Ivy representation in top 20.

[Anonymous]

I think the list is right on target.

[Anonymous]

I think I just died of shock looking at the costs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think I just died of shock looking at the costs.

Ouch-I agree- I thought saving $200K per child would be enough.... apparently that doesn't cover 4 years for many of the schools.

[Anonymous]

Lists tilts heavily toward the microschools located in remote areas. No way are schools like NYU way below microscopic colleges like F&M.

Not a fan of USNEWS, but their methodology seems to yield more believable results than this one.

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Anonymous wrote:Lists tilts heavily toward the microschools located in remote areas. No way are schools like NYU way below microscopic colleges like F&M.

Not a fan of USNEWS, but their methodology seems to yield more believable results than this one.

I agree, the bias is obvious.

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Anonymous wrote:I think the list is right on target.

Not with Williams as no. 1.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think I just died of shock looking at the costs.

Ouch-I agree- I thought saving $200K per child would be enough.... apparently that doesn't cover 4 years for many of the schools.

No, that's why I've been saying most SLACs aren't worth the $65K a year in after tax dollars, especially since more and more students are taking five yearas to graduate.

[Anonymous]

This list is crap - it's more like a list of Ivy league and smallish privates in the northeast plus a few west coast schools. This should be re-termed the Ivy league and private lib schools list. How many schools in the south are represented in the top 50 - maybe 5?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think I just died of shock looking at the costs.

Ouch-I agree- I thought saving $200K per child would be enough.... apparently that doesn't cover 4 years for many of the schools.

No, that's why I've been saying most SLACs aren't worth the $65K a year in after tax dollars, especially since more and more students are taking five yearas to graduate.

Why 5 years? Are there more class and credit requirements these days?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think the list is right on target.

Not with Williams as no. 1.

Williams has always been a op notch school.

[Anonymous]

This list is a total joke.

[Anonymous]

It's never been in

[Anonymous]

Hilarious. What a waste of time putting this together and reading lists. I am do glad our sons are out of college and moving on.