Have you guys seen the Forbes rankings?

College Search & Selection
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<p>Yeah, but you never see Stanford up there. Last time it was number 1 was in 1988 lol. Here's a link: U.S</a>. News Rankings Through the Years</p>

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<p>ha! i knew it. that makes so much sense. of course princeton is #1 and penn is #61.
rankings are total bull in general though. harvard is definitely not #1 to everyone; it's all relative to each individual.</p>

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<p>121 Cornell
145 Tulane
Emory in the 100s.</p>

<p>okay</p>

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like I said, all rankings are bogus, even US News.....I think US News rankings can be just as ridiculous, there's no way of ranking colleges

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<p>All rankings are not bogus, however ones with one-size-fits-all methodologies are. Some websites (such as phds.org ) attempt to remedy this by letting you choose your own criteria for what is "good" and the site ranks accordingly the schools.</p>

<p>I think Forbes is worse than most though. I laughed when I saw GT was ranked #501, but then I realized Forbes is probably catering to their (apparently) LAC-loving reader base.</p>

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<p>well it's kinda ridiculous to mix LAC's and national universities in the same rankings which US News is at least smart about and separates them, two different types of schools</p>

<p>even those sites where you pick the criteria can be bias too</p>

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<p>This is a joke, right?</p>

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<p>Cornell College destroyed Cornell University....these ranking don't consider the strength of the student bodies at all</p>

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<p>Haha. I think whoever wrote this ranking must've just been sitting in a room and saying, "Man. How do we make the most messed up ranking?"</p>

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<p>Macalester 126, gtfo.</p>

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<p>That is one of the stupidest things I've ever seen published. If Forbes provides business/financial advice with the wisdom they do college choices, their Forbes 400 would soon be paupers. I can see the Forbes staffers now, bragging about how their Johnny got into #13 Wabash, and rubbing it in to the co-worker whose Megan was relegated to #23 Stanford.</p>

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<p>Guess what college is ranked 2nd to last. Guess.</p>

<p>568 Northeastern University MA 46,019 2,871</p>