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I object mightily to the PA scoring of USNWR and believe that the Northeastern schools benefit mightily from this. However, publics generally also benefit from this as their strong graduate programs do much to enhance their research reputations and thus how academics view them.
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<p>That's my point though... the basis of this thread is reputations. So shouldn't we be considering the top schools per their "reputations", rather than objective data?</p>
<p>I'd like to see your regional break down re-done, on the basis of all the schools, say, with reputation rankings 4.0 and above. Some would fall out and others would be added.</p>