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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]It’s clear from a quick google that the school and many alumni  are aware of the rankings erosion and are concerned. Rankings might be dumb but they are the coin of the realm. [/b][/quote]

Uh, rankings are up:  "In those, William & Mary ranked 45th overall and 29th among best public colleges. In the Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education ranking, released in early September, W&M ranked 79th among all universities. That number is up from 87th last year and 100th the year before."[/quote]

Its USNWR ranking, long steady at around 31-32, dropped to 38 when they changed their metrics.  A key new metric is amount of Pell Grant recipients and W&M has fewer compared to its peers.  Personally I care more about how Pell grant recipients do at a college (and afterwards) than how many a school has, but it has impacted that ranking.  I would never interpret this as a sign of W&M decline, but I could see how it could have an impact.  Top students in VA currently decide between UVA and W&M on taste rather than a perception one is better.  But if UVA trends up and W&M trends down in rankings (arbitrary as they may be), I could see students picking otherwise.  Esp. since W&M costs a bit more.[/quote]

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