COLLEGE RANKINGS.. hmmm

College Search & Selection
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<p>BS. </p>

<p>interviewer: "so i see you graduated from stanford."</p>

<p>you: "yes, the school was really great and intellectually challenging. i also learned a lot of applicable skills."</p>

<p>interviewer: "so you want this position?"</p>

<p>you: "yes i think this position is perfect for me. it is exactly what i dreamed i would be doing after college"</p>

<p>interviewer: "well, i don't know how to put this, but, you are not what we're looking for. stanford is ranked 2nd, and that is just sooo sad!. we're more interested in someone else; he went to princeton, and we all know princeton is ranked 1st. when it comes down to it, we can't give you this position becuase you are just not qualified! we have to give this positition to that guy from princeton seeing as he went to PRINCETON, a schol that is clearly better than stanford... well... better luck nex life when you go to the number ONE college! we don't want losers like you."</p>

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<p>yea i agree that people place way too much emphasis on college rankings. Kids should just go to the college that they like best and not to the college thats ranked 1 spot higher.</p>

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<p>How about this:</p>

<p>" I know Princeton was #1 when we hired you, but the new rankings are out and it's now 2nd after Stanford, so we're going to have to let you go"</p>

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<p>"oh please boss, let me stay. ill get another degree from stanford"</p>

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<p>college rankings are BS to tell you the truth. I mean, some schools in my opinion are better than others.</p>

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<p>"but stanford will improve in the future. i have potential just like my school"</p>

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<p>u are so funny.</p>

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<p>So many of us rant about college rankings yet the day new rankings come out, there is at least one post about it in each and every forum.</p>

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<p>If you really want to know, real-life employers aren't retarded. And college rankings aren't BS. They're simply statistics. There is nothing written in them that says: THIS IS THE DEFINITIVE GUIDE TO WHICH COLLEGE IS THE BEST. It's people like us that blow it out of proportion.</p>

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<p>oh the joys of CC debating</p>