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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Rankings are BS. People need to look beyond the prestige and ranking and find a college that truly is a good fit. [/quote]

Agree, up to a point. I think we can all agree that the classroom dynamic is going to be different at, say, American and Stanford - I have no problem with someone saying that Stanford is going to be generally better for the people who can get in.  But when you are comparing between a given school and one 20 spots higher or lower? Probably the higher-ranked school would provide a better education for most students, but there will be plenty for which it will be the reverse.

And the big difference is the student and what they do and take advantage of - I think many people would have made more of my spot at top 3 LAC; I got a good enough education but mostly floated through. [/quote]

The real question is if you took someone who got accepted to Stanford and chose to attend American, how different would their life be?  They are still Stanford smart.  There was a study from years ago that did just this type of thing and the conclusion was there was no significant difference in outcomes.[/quote]

There was a study from a few years ago that did exactly that.  The conclusion was the smart people admitted to elite schools who went to college elsewhere did about the same as their peers who attended the elite schools.[/quote]

Says nothing about the quality of education received. [/quote]

It says that the institution is less important than the individual.[/quote]

That study is what happens when soft “scientists” mix academic studies with politics. PC [/quote]

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