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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Anyone that has a current student at any of these schools along with their top peers knows they are nearly identical in quality and peer group. The "best" is the fit preferences like location, weather, sports, etc.[/quote]

Anyone who has participated in hiring also knows that you don't really consider rankings.  When I'm hiring a recent grad I'm going to weigh grades, internships and activities far more than school rank.    The main thing we use school for is we look up grade averages in that particular sometimes sonwe can be aware of grade inflation.  I care much more about what a 22 year old did when they were 20 and 21 than when they were 16 and 17.

For a more experienced hire I'm generally looking at employment history and not looking at school performance at all.[/quote]

Exactly, furthering my point this is all so silly. Go to #4 school and sit in your room or party all the time, good luck. Go to a #14 and seize it all, much better outcome. No one is looking at ranking minutiae, they are looking for what you did while there. It’s so ridiculous, the same college when you applied could be a much different ranking when applying for jobs….gasp![/quote]

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