2010 US News College ratings release countdown-- oh puleeze

College Search & Selection
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<p>OK-- this is ridiculous. As of this moment, the US News and world report will release its 2010 college ratings available on their website in 14 days, 6 hrs, 16 minutes and 30 seconds. How do I know this? Because they have a <em>^&</em>%*|# countdown clock on the main page of their website!! <a href="http://usnews.com/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://usnews.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>ahahhahaha</p>

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<p>That is one of the most pretentious things I have ever seen.</p>

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<p>Well I’m very interested in seeing their rankings, I find myself reviewing their 2009 rankings very often.</p>

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<p>I know I hate to say it, but I am looking forward to rankings…go Cornell!</p>

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<p>^So am I, but that countdown is kinda obnoxious IMO.</p>

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<p>Who get’s the biggest jump? My bets on University of Minnesota.</p>

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<p>^Agreed. I like their rankings and all, but a countdown? Haha.</p>

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<p>Reaaaaal subtle.</p>

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<p>They need to get over themselves.</p>

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<p>Considering the amount of money they likely make off of that issue, why not?</p>

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<p>“Who get’s the biggest jump? My bets on University of Minnesota.”</p>

<p>I sure hope so. But they made a 10 spot jump last year, and I doubt that they’ll make that kind of jump again this year. I think they’ll move up a few spots, but probably won’t make the biggest jump. Doesn’t mean that I can’t hope though ;)</p>

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<p>WPI and Northeastern will make the biggest leaps this year!</p>

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<p>Duke will probably drop as its PA will stay at a dreadfully low 4.4.</p>

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<p>Duke’s 4.4 PA score is “dreadfully low”? Oh, puhleeze. There are exactly 11 private universities and one public with higher PA scores than Duke, and 5 of those schools have overall US News rankings equal to or below Duke’s. The schools ranking ahead of Duke, in part because of higher PA rankings? Well, that would be HYPSM + Caltech + Penn. Of these schools, the only one that’s even conceivably contestable is Penn, but Penn has a lower acceptance rate, a higher freshman retention rate, a higher graduation rate, more admits in the top 10% of their HS class, fewer classes with less than 20 students, etc., etc. Not to mention a stronger faculty overall.</p>

<p>When will Dookies stop whining about their school’s PA score, which is pretty much irrelevant to Duke’s standing in the US News rankings except possibly as a factor that’s helping it maintain its high place in said standings?</p>

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<p>Why is Duke even that high? Their acceptance rate stands out like a sore thumb compared to all the other schools near them, save for UChicago.</p>

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<p>acceptance rate does not correlate to selectivity. and besides, duke’s acceptance rate was lower than penn’s this year, which is another solid top school.</p>

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<p>“There are exactly 11 private universities and one public with higher PA scores than Duke, and 5 of those schools have overall US News rankings equal to or below Duke’s. The schools ranking ahead of Duke, in part because of higher PA rankings? Well, that would be HYPSM + Caltech + Penn” Yeah, I was going to say Berkely and Cornell have higher PA scores than Duke</p>

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<p>Michigan and Duke have the same PA. Yet they are ranked many spots apart. PA is not everything at USNWR.</p>

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<p>Its not pretention, its called marketing. And they are very good at it. It translates into $$$$ which is why they do it. Anyone thinking differently is pretty naive.</p>