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[quote=Anonymous]I am going to start a college ranking. That is clearly a business with excess demand. You all know they just take 10-20 stats, put some weights on them (or not), and then throw out a list. It makes people feel great to see their college (or their kids') is higher on the list than another school. But honestly, is that really how you pick a school? Ultimately, there are a completely separate list of things that really matter to you, not all of the same importance. Is it really important to you whether students from the school, on average, earn $2000 more a year the first year out of college? Is that an accurate predictor for your own income? Do you care whether 72% versus 68% of the professors have Ph.D.'s? Why do I care how WSJ ranks colleges? I rank them differently. [/quote]
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