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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]These lists are literally designed as click bait.  The goal is to get you to click - and to keep clicking through the pages to get the full list (in what are called "slideshow" or "pagination" posts) - so they can generate maximum ad revenue from the click-throughs.  That only works if they are both highly controversial and just plausible enough that you will fall for it and keep clicking through the pages.

Don't be the one of those people who fall for it.  They should have these on the Digital SAT so colleges can weed out the applicants who have no common sense.[/quote]

Maybe but there is no where near enough serious research into high college drop out rates among many colleges. 
The second list - the Degree choices list - used relevant criteria (high drop out rates,  high life long student debt and poor job outcomes) using government data. Some of the data was dated but they tried to make a credible and consistent effort in this regard.

The point is we need more credible research into this and for the information to be made accessible to vulnerable young people from disadvantaged communities before they invest huge amounts of money on programs they are not prepared to finish.

I think colleges need to have better oversight to prevent predatory practices of targeting poor black students who barely graduate high school with extremely low GPAs and test scores with promises of a better life. Sadly, a majority of black students do not graduate college and large numbers have life long debt. Stats on previous page for this and are available through education data.

Also I wonder whether colleges should be required to provide some kind of bridging course for students with very low GPAs and test scores to help prepare them for the challenges of a four year degree.

The lists here were just supposed to spark discussion around low college graduation rates not to be the main point of the conversation.[/quote]

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