Penn drops 3 spots to #7 on US NEWS Rankings

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Pennsylvania
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<p><a href=“http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/brief/t1natudoc_brief.php[/url]”>http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/brief/t1natudoc_brief.php</a></p>

<p>With the common application being released this year, will penn likely retain its #4 crown in the upcoming year? Seeing as how Princeton is the exclusive top dawg (above harvad) this year, will this be a temporary phase OR, as many outsiders see it, has Penn just fallen back into its rightful place behind stanfurd, mit, and caltech?
Well, in any case, it’s certainly a SAD, SAD day for us all. God bless.</p>

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<p>nobody cares really.</p>

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<p>It is just a ranking and does reflect the exact strengths and weaknesses of a particular college or university. So I would disregard them.</p>

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<p>People these days..... :rolleyes:</p>

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<p>the us news ranking is useless...the above posters are all correct...the ranking shows nothing of great importance, and penn is a great school for many great reasons, as are all other schools</p>

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<p>I've already started on my transfer app.</p>

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<p>Yeah, not only is this old news, but I feel like most Penn students are not the least bit bothered by this. It's a magazine's rankings... people were just as indifferent when we broke out of the tie to move up to #4.</p>

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<p>eh as long we're top 10 then we're good</p>

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<p>Given that the number one complaint about US news was always "why are MIT and Stanford behind Penn and Duke?" perhaps people will cry foul less and trust US news. A 7 ranking that people take seriously is better than a 4 everyone thinks is BS.</p>

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<p>Baloney. Trust US News?</p>

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<p>If someone really likes the school, there’s no ranking that’s going to stop them from going there. </p>

<p>^@pacificvista–the real baloney’s at Forbes college rankings.</p>

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<p>oh no.</p>

<p>it’s a minutely less amazing school that is incredibly difficult to get into and provides one of the best educations in the world.</p>

<p>i’m gonna cry?</p>

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<p>Uh, folks–this thread is from 3 years ago. :rolleyes:</p>

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<p>regardless of when this is from penn is #4 so you’re stupid if you think they are 7th just because their name is listed 7th on the list lol</p>

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<p>that is the incorrect attitude.</p>

<p>the correct attitude is that penn is #1, regardless of ranking on any published or unpublished list.</p>

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<p>“Uh, folks–this thread is from 3 years ago.” </p>

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<p>Looks more like it’s ranked #4 to me but alphabetically falls under the others.</p>