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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't take any reference to Wash. U. and rankings seriously because they've made such a concerted effort to game them.

Aside from the fact that the rankings are BS for a whole lotta reasons, do you really think there's a significant difference between #7 and #16?[/quote]

To the schools themselves, the difference between #7 and #16 is enormous. The schools care about the USNews rankings - a lot.  There was an article a few years back detailing how University of a Chicago met with US news to understand better how they should be reporting their data.  UC learned they were reporting some things in a way that hurt their ranking, changed their reporting and moved up from the mid-teens.  Those who rant against the USNEWS ratings seldom take time to understand the methodology.  USNEWS lays it all out yet you'll often read rants that suggest that the key to improved rankings is tricking unqualified applicants into submitting applications to bring down the acceptance rate.  It just isn't so.

Is the USNEWS ranking perfect? no, but it is the ranking that matters to schools.  [/quote]

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