Forbes 2011 College Rankings - thoughts?

1) Williams College 2) Princeton University 3) West Point 4) Amherst College 5) Stanford University

http://www.forbes.com/top-colleges/

Thoughts?

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Dude Forbes is always the worst. Don't they do it by alumni earnings and average student debt or some shit? If that doesn't skew towards giant state schools idk what does.

Reality hits you hard, bro...
 

Dude Forbes is always the worst. Don't they do it by alumni earnings and average student debt or some shit? If that doesn't skew towards giant state schools idk what does.

Reality hits you hard, bro...
 

It actually skews it the opposite of huge state schools for whatever reason. Witness Michigan, Cal, and UNC all in the 70-90 range. And god help you if you go to a slightly lesser school like Wisconsin, Illinois, or Texas, you'll be lucky to crack the top 250. Their rankings are full of crappy liberal arts schools that no one has ever heard of above much more reputable schools.

Ah, what was I thinking applying to Michigan when I could have been directing my efforts to Saint Anselm. Screw Wash U, Muhlenberg College gives you a much better shot at succeeding. What was I thinking passing up on Rollins College and Luther College for Wisconsin? Listen, any ranking that indicates The College of Idaho is better than Texas is seriously incorrect.

 

i filtered to the state of California... they rank Santa Clara University over Cal Berkeley? ok i guess....

Money Never Sleeps? More like Money Never SUCKS amirite?!?!?!?
 

This could quite possibly be the biggest joke of rankings I've seen...

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manbearpigThe ranking is based on ROI, which is a pretty good idea imo.

Not really, ROI is 15% of the rating, falling just short of the 17.5% allotted to a school's average "ratemyprofessor" rating.

http://centerforcollegeaffordability.org/uploads/2011_Methodology.pdf

Honestly, this would be a solid paper if for a freshman in college. For a professional publishing/media company however, this is just embarrassing.

Read through the methodology. this is nothing more than a shameless attempt to get $$.

 

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