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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]All of them, including Cornell, are lower rated than Berkeley and UCLA .. ?

Are people seriously choosing schools that are lower rated, and in places like Ithaca, NY, over higher rated schools in California?

USC is fine as a proxy (but without the NM pricing, more than 2x the cost), but anybody choosing NYU or especially BU over Berkeley or UCLA really isn't suitable for either of the latter schools anyway.

Consider that decision a test-out ...[/quote]

[b]Many people no longer care about the U.S. news rankings [/b]now that they are concerned mostly with first gen and Pell grant eligible students.  UCLA does some important research but I have zero doubt that the quality of the undergraduate experience (size of classes, degrees held by professors, percentage of classes taught by TAs, and housing) is better at Cornell.

FWIW, no connection to either of these schools.[/quote]

DP - also no connection to either of those schools.  Just wanted to say, other than here in DCUM-land, most people care very much about USNWR rankings.  It's only here that certain posters (obviously those whose favored schools went down in the rankings) parse and dismiss them.  The vast majority of Americans use those rankings to help them choose colleges.  [/quote]

The vast majority of people don’t use U.S. news rankings, they send their kids to the in state school that accepts them.  Nice try though.[/quote]

It really bothers you that people use USNWR and that your favored school has sunk in the rankings.  I'm sorry.[/quote]

It really bothers you that people know the truth about UCs. And they are speaking it. Not sorry 😝 [/quote]

You're talking to many different people here.  I'm the PP and have no connection whatsoever to the UCs.  I was talking about USNWR and their rankings of ALL schools.  You seem so confused.[/quote]

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