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[quote=Anonymous]The US News rankings have been widely criticized, including for the fact that colleges have started to manipulate their rankings by pumping up applications and even lying about average SAT scores. There are also other good rankings to consider. I think from the Financial Times has a good ranking that includes universities in Britain, Singapore, China, et cetera. The Huffington Post also has rankings, I think by small liberal arts schools, best schools for your money, et cetera. Anyway, there are a few useful approaches. If you look at enough of these rankings, you will probably start to figure out who is generally near the top (Swarthmore and Duke) and who is not. Then maybe the best thing is for your kid to decide whether he wants a small campus (Swarthmore) or a big sports school (Duke) and then look within the rankings for just these specific categories - i.e. the LACs ranking that would include Swarthmore. [/quote]
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