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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]funny that some of you all think that the drop in ranking means that the quality of education is an issue. You cant tell me that all those public schools that have climbed up offer better education than these. It's a known fact that Diversity is an issue at some of the privates like Wake Forest and few are on Pell Grants.[/quote]

Where is anyone correlating the drop in rankings with some new drop in quality?  Clearly we all knew that they just changed the algorithm.  
Some are just saying that perhaps the new ranking (somewhat randomly) correlates with long-standing quality.

Again, I think we can all agree that the rankings mean nothing---except that there are plenty of people that make college lists off the rankings.  
There are kids in the class of 2025 who will look at US News for the first time in their lives next summer and make their lists accordingly. 
Many of their parents have not given a single thought to college rankings since they themselves graduated in 1996. 
They too will look at the rankings for guidance. 
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Didn’t we all always know once moving beyond the T10 private universities, it’s either large, public research institutions with big lectures, TAs and limited admissions to popular majors, or medium to small private universities with smaller classes and more of a focus on undergrads?  There really is no new info here.

All of these schools has a 20 percent or lower acceptance rate last year.  With admission so difficult at the T10, the T50 schools will continue to get plenty of applications.[/quote]

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