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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Unless we know who College Simply is, who funds it, what is their mission, etc… this is meaningless.

The criteria are clearly skewed to severely hamper large student body schools. I prefer balanced criteria

It’s a rando website. Do you seriously get excited about a list because it is on the internet? You realize that’s about the lowest bar on earth. If only each of us was as selective about information as we are about college reputations… then again, we certainly wouldn’t be on dcum if we were 😜[/quote]
Do we not think forbes over inflates public schools? Berkeley is ranked 5 there, that's insane too. [/quote]

It's US News that went completely overboard with the publics last year. Some of them moved up dozens of spaces in a single year because of the way US News changed their algorithm - getting rid of class size, discounting the qualifications of professors, years to graduate, putting a strong emphasis on number of Pell Grant students while ignoring those on school financial aid, and so on. It was a ridiculous list that was more reflective of an ideological bias as opposed to measuring the quality of the undergrad experience.

So it's good there is push back from all the other publications doing college rankings. But it's also absolutely true that any random organization can publish a list, so take them all with a giant shovel of salt. [/quote]
+100, every public school on US News is 10 spots too high. UCSD at 28 but Tufts at 40 is crazy. UNC ahead of Emory, WashU, CMU is crazy. [/quote]

I would go to UNC before Emory, WashU or CMU, and it wouldn’t be close.[/quote]
That's you, but prestige wise it isn't close. [/quote]

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