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[quote=Anonymous]I see that people continue creating imaginary (yet remarkably rigid) college hierarchies based on extremely loose criteria that they themselves don't understand.

For those who value rankings, WashU was never ranked below #20 for over three three decades (1992-2023). Last year, it was ranked #15 before USNWR overhauled its criteria. I don't know how one can continue to revere such rankings given their arbitrary changes. Shouldn't one conclude that USNWR used a flawed methodology for the prior 30 years? Do you really believe that in 2023 USNWR has developed the definitive ranking system that will be used indefinitely for the following decades? Tip: It hasn't. It will continue to reconfigure its methodology annually so that its rankings are sufficiently different that it can sell a different product each year. And, in another decade, it'll do a bigger configuration, like it did last year, to keep things fresh.

Forbes is no different. In fact, it's probably worse. For example, it ranked Pomona as the #1 overall college/university in 2015. But in its most recent rankings, it ranked Pomona as the #36 (right behind BYU). Of course, Pomona didn't change; Forbes' methodology changed and has done so continually. The only reasonable conclusion is that Forbes' rankings are largely horseshit because it is continually changing its methodology. [/quote]

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