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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is so much bullshit. They increased the weight of SAT scores? I don't need USNWR to tell me which schools have students with the highest SAT scores; that information is readily available. How is that value-added?

Further, given the correlation between SAT scores and family incomes, what these new rankings will be telling us is which schools have the wealthiest students.

And, there is no correlation between educational quality and selectivity at the college level. None. So knowing where all the smart wealthy kids go to school tells you nothing about whether they are getting a good education there.

This emperor has no clothes.[/quote]

UG is not about getting a good education though, it is about getting the right credentials to have doors open up to you. Whether it is through strong OCI, alum base, industry/location ties, etc.

If i wanted an education, I coud save a shitload of money like Good Will Hunting and use a public or state library.

College is about credential-ism and networking for the most part at the UG level.

And that's why rankings matter, unfortunately. [/quote]

You can only say you can get an equivalent education if you went to a library if the school you attended sucked.  There are schools for tools who just want to network and get "good credentials" and then there are schools for scholars.  Glad DC wants the latter.[/quote]

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