How much should a college's rank matter?

<p>^^^</p>

<p>I actually thought about the Bronx Zoo, which is why I mentioned that there may be some way around its urban limitations.</p>

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I don’t know where you are getting your department rankings. There really isn’t any good basis to precisely, accurately compare undergraduate department quality in isolation from overall school quality. *</p>

<p>They’re the US News rankings for GRAD schools…which don’t really apply…after all, many LACs and other non-grad school colleges wouldn’t have any thing to rank at all.</p>

<p>I’m sure that Fordham has a decent undergrad bio dept…it does have successful pre-med students. However, those who are pre-vet are often req’d to take animal-related bio classes. So, look into those classes at Fordham.</p>