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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why we're still fascinated by college rankings ?

How else will you know if your kids are better than theirs ?[/quote]

We'll actually really know when they get their first pay check.
College is like a midterm. 
Whoever gets bigger check wins, and it's the final grade.

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See the wealth rankings on the other thread.  Top schools win again.  [/quote]

That's also a refence you use in choosing a college.

Other people's succes is not your kids' success.
We'll decide your kids success after you show us the first paycheck.

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Huh?  The oversimplification of things makes me wonder about how we teach critical thinking.  Why is the first paycheck necessarily the most important?  If it’s a career or business with pay compression it’s actually not better. So if student A makes $20,000 more per year than student B for the first 5 years, about the same for the next 5 years, but student A makes $75,000 less for the next 20 years, who is better off?  This does happen when too many students enter a particular field.

Second, who says the primary criteria for judging an education is the earnings you get?  [/quote]

better than judging by which colleges attending. 
It's outcome based.[/quote]

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