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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why not just publish admissions stats and let people decide for themselves. [/quote]

A few colleges lie about stats, as we saw with Columbia. The ranking data gives us a sanity check. If a college suddenly rockets to a suspiciously high ranking, people smell a rat.  [/quote]

+1. Honestly the next rat is looking like UChicago. Look at their comparison of rankings, US News looks like an outlier[/quote]

Not publishing a CDS invites suspicion.  Does Chicago publish one?[/quote]

Columbia and UChicago were the only top schools that didn’t publish CDS before the scandal. Definitely suspicious.[/quote]

+1, the lack of transparency over time wasn't a great look for Chicago after the Columbia debacle. [/quote]

I think this combined ranking does a nice job of reflecting that. Columbia isn't as bad as US News claims at #18, but it's also definitely not #2 as it was before the scandal. Similarly, no way in hell is UChicago #6 as US News has it, this combined ranking has it at #20 which is probably a bit harsh but anywhere in the teens is fair for UChicago.[/quote]

This is utter and complete drivel.  There is no way you can measure any of this.  [/quote]

Sure but I think in general you can tell by quality and caliber of students who attend each school, along with the outcomes of those students. Over the past 10 years where have Rhodes Scholars, startup founders, business leaders, rising stars in politics, innovative researchers, groundbreaking artists, etc. gone?[/quote]

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