WSJ 2022 College Ranking
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Anonymous
You do realize that the ranking methodology is inherently anti-LAC, right? * Research papers per faculty (8%) - This is more of a reflection of PhD+ level research, which LACs do not emphasize by their nature * Number of accredited programs (3%) * Academic reputation (10%) - Unlike US News, whose reputation surveys are based on the institution classification, WSJ polls all administrators. How many are honestly familiar with individual LACs? That Amherst, Williams, and Pomona made the top 25 despite that is pretty impressive. |
Anonymous
| *I like.... On the above comment. |
Anonymous
How about Forbes? Columbia basher? |
Anonymous
Can't really take this ranking seriously when Princeton's engagement ranking is ranked 400+ According to WSJ/THE, the engagement metric is "drawn mostly from a student survey and with a 20% weight, examines views on things like teaching and interactions with faculty and other students" Everyone knows Princeton has probably one of the best undergraduate teaching experience of all major universities. Similarly, Williams and Amherst are also ranked 400+ while they literally are perceived by many as among the best in terms of small class sizes and faculty engagement. No one should take this ranking seriously except for maybe the Columbia bashers who have been spamming every single thread whenever the school gets a mention. Can we stop talking about Columbia just for one moment and focus on how inaccurate the rankings really are? How do schools like Michigan or USC with 20,000+ undergraduates get ranked #4 in terms of student-to-faculty engagement? Just about every LAC is ranked in the hundreds, which is just so, so wrong. |
Anonymous
| Spot on PP, I was noticing something fishy here too. This is by far the most inaccurate ranking and is wrong on so many levels. For some odd reason, the schools that do focus on undergraduate teaching get heavily penalized while big universities with virtually no student to faculty interactions get bumped up so much in the rankings. |
Anonymous
+1. My thoughts exactly. Except for a few twisted individuals who derive satisfaction from putting down other schools, this is a really useless list. They can’t even get the most important metric right. |
Anonymous
This is silly. It is up to students not their parents to decide where they want to study. Our DC chose a top public over several higher ranked private options listed here so 9ky because the public was much stronger in desired field. So much depends on what they want to study. |
Anonymous
. My kid chose WUSTL over Penn and Cornell. |
Anonymous
| This ranking makes sense to me |
Anonymous
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Anonymous
Go Gators! |
Anonymous
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The schools that are in the top 10 for this year’s US News, Forbes and WSJ college rankings are:
Harvard Stanford MIT Yale Princeton Northwestern |
Anonymous
I don't believe it is self reported. It comes from participating high schools. |
Anonymous
How would a high school know which colleges you got into or rejected from? That’s only told to the kid. Parchment allows kids to self report where they’re applying then it expects them to hop back on and click whether they got in, rejected or waitlisted. It’s junk. |
Anonymous
How does Naviance exist? |