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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The various national and international rankings are very confusing.  It seems that for the Untied States, the US News rankings are most widely quoted (accepted) - but there are others including Forbes and United States National Research Council Rankings.  There are also specific program rankings - Businessweek and Bloomberg for business schools and some international rankings.  Once you move beyond the very top HPY - the rankings are all over the place.  Who do you reconcile these?

Another thing that puzzles me is how the separate USNews rankings of small liberal schools relate to National University rankings - how does Swarthmore #3 compare to Duke #8? [/quote]

Why worry about rankings at all? Find a school that is a good fit for the student.[/quote]

This is a bit circular - how do you decide which school is the "best fit" for a student? or do you just settle for any school that seems to be a "good fit?"  As anyone who goes through the process will learn, there are thousands of schools out there - many you haven't heard of until they send information to your DC.  There has to be a starting point to find a range of schools that might be appropriate.  There are many schools that might seem to be a "good fit" but do you want to ignore the possibility of finding a much better fit.   If you think college counslers have all the answers you are wrong.  Also,school visits aren't as instructive as you might imagine -- you get the "brochure version" of the school - often quite different from the reality of the average student.  It is a hard process to find out what is really out there - and rankings a ONE tool that can be used.  [/quote]

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