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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If someone could compile a list of school heavy on social mobility, that would be a good list of school to avoid.[/quote]

Why?  This is such a bizarre perspective.  All public schools should be measured on social mobility.  That is what the taxpayers are looking for.  A way to educate the kids in their state.  The public wants to educate their kids because in general, college educated kids have higher lifetime earnings and are more likely to be a net benefit to the state.  Why the heck would you be opposed to this? [/quote]

Because despite all of the complaints, they aren’t really opposed to changes measuring social mobility. They’re opposed to the changes because a bunch of middling rich kid schools got downgraded (Wake, Tulane, Pepperdine, Miami). Notice how the T20 privates did just fine despite the changes.[/quote]

T50s like Boston College and Boston University did just fine as well.[/quote]
BC dropped with Tufts. What are you talking about?[/quote]

BC  and Tufts are still T50. Schools like Tulane and UMiami are not.

If you don't like the rankings, don't refer to them. Simple.

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Um that’s the whole point. Juniors and seniors are not referring to them as much.[/quote]

Not really. For Juniors and Seniors,  Niche rules. It ranks colleges.  [/quote]

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