(09-09-2014 12:24 PM)axeme Wrote: People who choose a school because of its ranking are deluding themselves. It's almost as stupid as people who pick schools because of their sports teams that they have no actual connection to.
People do like rooting for a winner.
That's why all those UCLA basketball fans are happy every year.
Quote:The best school you can get into is the one that is the best fit for your skills, interests, ambitions. And there are probably several that would fit the bill. Not going to find that in a magazine.
I actually put a list together on this and posted it here (I think, unless it was sportsonly) some years back. Unfortunately, I didn't save it on my HD.
But, I would add to your comments that size and location matter.
If you're a recruiter from HR, are you going to make 10 phone calls to small colleges w/ 2000 enrollment, or 1 phone call to a university w/ 20000 enrollment? That's reality.
Location matters not only for your travel time as a student, but for the industry you hope to enter. Interested in pharmacy? Better to be near Philly than Mt. Pleasant, regardless of whether CMU has strong bio and chem.
Interested in the traditional publishing industry? Being near NYC is better than being at Dennison, no matter how high Dennison is rated (although you may have alumni connections from some schools like Kenyon and Oberlin.) And ironically, that industry was very big around my small liberal arts college alma mater back in the day. So pay attention
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