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<p>Truest line in all of this thread. And the reason why, despite relentless efforts, RML has not been able to convince anyone outside the few who “somehow” share his objective and views by affiliation. </p>
<p>One thing for sure is that this thread will keep on growing and that many, many more similar “rankings” will be appended. After all, there is plenty of numbers to massage and plenty of information to misunderstand.</p>
<p>Were the income rankings adjusted for COL? I doubt it after a quick glance. That makes them fairly useless. (Unfortunately we can’t adjust them now because you’d need to adjust for each individual, not just for each school’s location).</p>
<p>I think that the consensus is that RML’s ranking is ranked rather low in the field of rankings. Close this worthless thread.</p>
<p>ConcerndDad, no truer words were ever spoken… pardon my exaggeration… This has got to go down as one of the poorest attempts at a ranking on CC… and that is hard to do. </p>
<p>RML, you gave it a try but please understand that your rankings, like every ranking, has huge, huge flaws. Please don’t challenge me to make a good ranking because I probably cannot. That is why I am not in the business of doing so. I, however, can tolerate the rankings if you say that they are based on what you think is important and is not the objective measure of prestige. You are yet to do that. For the sake of current high school students, make that clear because they might actually take this ranking seriously.</p>
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<p>No, RML. I understand you’re not from here and not familiar with the system. But they don’t. Their “interaction” with the students is limited to signing transcripts and the like. You seem to think that there is some dream world in which high school guidance counselors are 1) highly aware of what the “best” schools are, and 2) serve as some kind of role model or information source. No. That’s not reality. The majority of public HS guidance counselors are likely well meaning, but they are juggling huge loads, they’re trying to send the majority of their kids to state or local universities because most people don’t want to send their kids far and / or can’t afford anything beyond the state u and / or don’t see the need to go beyond the state u. </p>
<p>My kids go to a very well-ranked (in our state) public hs. They are looking at a mix of unis and LAC’s that are all in the Top 40 or so. The GC hasn’t a <em>clue</em> about the ones that aren’t in our geographic area. Not a clue. No one’s ever applied there, and she has enough of a case load that she has no reason to bone up on schools when the bulk of what she has to do is focused on getting kids into state schools and securing as much FA for them as possible. The only info she can give me is info I could pull off the internet myself, so why bother. Your naivete is sweet, but unfounded.</p>
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<p>What do you expect from a Midwestern public high school?</p>
<p>The GC’s at Northeastern prep schools know exactly what they’re doing…</p>
<p>I’d expect plenty from a New Trier or a Highland Park or similar hs. You may find this hard to believe, prodigalson, but really, the midwest isn’t just cornfields and pig farms.</p>
<p>And yes, the GC’s at northeastern prep schools know exactly what they’re doing. Duh. That was my point. That at private or boarding schools, the counselors will have opinions worth listening to and meaningful interaction; but at most public schools in this country, they won’t.</p>
<p>“What do you expect from a Midwestern public high school?”</p>
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“Sure, like heeeeee went to Haaaarrrrvaaaarrrrd.” Louis Winthorpe III</p>
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<p>No, of course not. There are plenty of Dairy Queen (DQ) locations too…</p>
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<p>Unlike LW3, I did not go to Exeter but a rival…</p>
<p>And yet an uncanny resemblance…</p>
<p>^^^ Oh, I am sorry. Did/do you go to a Midwestern public high school?</p>
<p>Dropped out and work at DQ.</p>
<p>^^^ At least it’s not McD’s…</p>
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<p>Objective prestige? The oxymoron of the day!</p>
<p>Today, I read a thread that was filled with people who only posted on the thread to complain and make fun of it, when in reality they could have just ignored it and moved on with their pompous lives. RML</p>
<p>When there is a thread full of misinformation, I feel compelled to point it out.</p>
<p>No I dishonestly go to Princeton.</p>
<p>When there’s a thread full of ridiculous posts (such as yours), I feel compelled to point it out.</p>
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<p>Well, here is yet another Gallup poll - where Princeton ranks no. 3.</p>
<p>[Harvard</a> Tops Gallup Poll List as Best University](<a href=“Harvard Tops Gallup Poll List as Best University”>Harvard Tops Gallup Poll List as Best University)</p>
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<li>Harvard</li>
<li>Stanford</li>
<li>MIT / Princeton</li>
<li>Yale</li>
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<p>HYPSM on top. Cal? Cal come in 10th behind UCLA… and tied with Brown, Cornell, Michigan.</p>
<p>What makes this Gallup poll any worse than the one RML posted? Wonder why RML didn’t mention this one?</p>
<p>We are rarely graced by the presence of HYPSM posters.</p>
<p>Mostly non-HYPSM (aka Top 30 peeps) post on these threads.</p>
<p><em>drool</em></p>