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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The reality is that it's not wise to rely on rankings without context.  As noted, the current rankings are made up of criteria weighed in ways which likely matter only to some people.  If you care about academic excellence, you have to drill down to those specific criteria - admitted student GPA and test scores, class sizes, % of classes taught by actual faculty instead of by TAs, % of students graduating in 4 years, etc.  If you care about, or more highly value, other criteria, look at those.  In the end, the specific ranking given a school reflects the ranking formula, which may not reflect any particular applicant's or employer's values.

In other words, to evaluate a school you have to weigh for yourself the criteria which matter to you, not blindly accept the conclusory ranking derived from criteria which matter to the ranking organization.  [/quote]

Sure.  Yadda yadda yadda.  Only here on tiny DCUM do people bother to "drill down" to specific criteria.  The rest of the country simply uses the rankings to gauge where schools fall in relation to one another.  Or, IOW, they "blindly accept the conclusory ranking" and that's that.  I'm sorry it rankles you.[/quote]

They don't though, someone actually posted the numbers[/quote]

What?  [/quote] Percentage of students that use rankings. It's low.[/quote]

It's actually 66%.  Sorry.

[b]The Art & Science Group surveyed more than 800 high school seniors, and about two thirds (66 percent) said they considered college rankings in their college application choice process. What’s more, the survey found that students with high SAT scores were even more likely (85 percent) to consider schools’ comparative rankings.[/b]

https://www.fierce-network.com/leadership/how-important-are-college-rankings-students-school-selection-process[/quote]
In short: you're wrong. Sorry.[/quote]

:lol:  I post a citation to prove my point and you - with zero citations, just your "feels" - claim I'm wrong.  This is so entertaining![/quote]
See the citations posted five minutes ago above. [/quote]

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