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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There's an increasing nationalization of college reputations as major corporate players organized at that level find ways to profit from the college search process. The question I wonder about is the extent to which the reputations this system creates/alters are deserved. On the one hand, it's certainly the case that more visibility will elevate the mainstream status of schools that have been (somewhat) hidden gems all along. On the other hand, there's the prospect that gaming the system and/or herd mentality will elevate the stature of schools that really don't seem exceptional in any meaningful way. Somewhere in the middle, there's a potential transformative effect -- a school that becomes highly-rated at a point where it's really nothing special might become a significantly better school if its increasing salience were to attract a more diverse and talented student body or better faculty or more recruiters. [/quote] Well said.[/quote]
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