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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I took a look and really makes zero sense. It is getting to the point where rankings are worthless. [b]I focus on acceptance rate [/b]and rate of employment or grad school after. Also rate of graduation in four years. You have to look at metrics important to your family. Pell grants not helpful to us so not something we would focus on or grad research if you are not at a school with grad school also wouldn’t be a fit for us but might be for others. [/quote]

Seriously? Acceptance rate? That can be so easily manipulated with marketing to unqualified and naive students. (Hello, U Chicago!)[/quote]

The actual demand in free market is way more real than random magazine. I would add yield rate and student caliber in that mix as acceptance rate alone doesn't show the whole picture.[/quote]
Popularity doesn't mean great outcome after graduation. Just ask the popular kids in MS.[/quote]

In some cases you are correct, but in many cases you are incorrect.

First, you should define "great outcome" with the understanding that a very significant percentage of Americans have no interest whatsoever in living in NYC, Boston, Philly, or DC.[/quote]
Objective measure of "great outcome" = ROI.

Subjective measure of "great outcome" = "I don't want to live in NYC".

As stated earlier:

ROI
Retention rate
Graduation rate

These are objective measures.

Subjective measures are more like "am I happy", "did I have a warm fuzzy feeling while in college"...[/quote]

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