<p>No
No
No
East Coast
Yes</p>
<p>Did your kid ever look at USNWR? Don't think so.
Did your kid choose the highest ranked school according to USNWR? Have never looked at USNWR rankings, so don't know
Do you know the PA (peer assessment) of your kid's school? No
What part of the country do you live? Midwest</p>
<p>no
no
no
FL</p>
<p>No
No
No
Midwest
Yes</p>
<p>Did your kid ever look at USNWR?
No, and No (I will have two in college by August)</p>
<p>Did your kid choose the highest ranked school according to USNWR?
NO my S, NO my D</p>
<p>Do you know the PA (peer assessment) of your kid's school?
No idea.</p>
<p>What part of the country do you live?
Northeast</p>
<p>no
no
no
New York City suburbs (Westchester)
yes</p>
<p>I did look at USNWR rankings, but only have a general idea of what they were. But grad program of his major is tied for number one and he did know that.</p>
<p>Did your kid ever look at USNWR?
Yes</p>
<p>Did your kid choose the highest ranked school according to USNWR?
Difficult to say. The school I'm going to is on the Universities list (#9); all my other choices were on the LAC list (highest was #4). I didn't consider rank when making my decision.</p>
<p>Do you know the PA (peer assessment) of your kid's school?
No</p>
<p>What part of the country do you live?
Mid-Atlantic (Washington, DC)</p>
<p>No
No
No
Northern VA
No</p>
<p>Did your kid ever look at USNWR? No
Did your kid choose the highest ranked school according to USNWR? Hard to answer, since she got in ED, so there wasn't a choice
Do you know the PA (peer assessment) of your kid's school? No
What part of the country do you live? Vermont</p>
<p>Did one of the parents ever look at USNWR? Yes</p>
<p>For children 1 and 2:</p>
<p>No. No.
Yes. NO! (But in neither case did the ratings have anything to do with the choice.)
No. No. (Never heard of "PA" before just now.)
Bay Area, CA.</p>
<p>Yes. Yes. (And only one of the parents. ;) )</p>
<p>dstark:</p>
<p>"Based on acceptances."</p>
<p>Okay, I guess this means ED admits can't play? </p>
<p>(By definition, an ED admit chooses the school highest (or lowest) ranked by USNWR, but that isn't what you mean. As it happens, my D's ED school was not the school on her list that was ranked highest by USNWR. But this sounds like data extraneous to your survey.)</p>
<p>No
No
No
NE
yes</p>
<p>Yes
No
No
Northeast
No</p>
<p>No
Yes
No
VA
Yes</p>
<p>Ratings had no impact on schools looked at or matriculation choice. Actually school S chose was not ranked #1 in its category until after he decided, if my recollection serves correctly.</p>
<p>No
No
No
SF BAY Area
Yes</p>
<p>Yes
No
Yes
Northwest
Yes</p>
<p>High School Senior</p>
<p>Yes
No
No
Florida
I don't know</p>
<p>Wesdad, you can play. Just answer the questions that are appropriate.</p>
<p>thru willow</p>
<p>Did your kid ever look at USNWR? 17 Yes 31No
Did your kid choose the highest ranked school according to USNWR? 9Y 36N
Do you know the PA (peer assessment) of your kid's school? 7Y 41N
What part of the country do you live?</p>
<p>Did one of the parents ever look at USNWR? 31Y 5N 1 Maybe (what's with the maybe?)</p>
<p>No
No
No
Midwest.
Yes.</p>