<p>the short answer: not at all!!!</p>
<p>seriously, use your USNWR as toilet paper or just throw it out. It’s completely useless. Even the argument that it “is a great resource for people who are just beginning their college search” doesn’t hold much water with me. If you want a quick, easy way to get a feel for how prestigious or selective a college is, the Princeton Review, the Fiske Guide and others classify schools as opposed to ranking them.</p>