<p>“best overall” that can be interpreted in a lot of ways! Many people have their favorites:</p>
<p>USNWR’s Rankings
Princeton Review’s Best 373
Fiske Guide 2011 or similiar references! </p>
<p>OR there are those people on CC who have this mind set “If I have never heard of it, then it must be a bad school.” “If it is outside of my geographic area (Northeast, Mid Atlantic, South, MidWest, West Coast etc) then it must be a bad school.” “If it is not Ivy League then it must be a bad school.” etc etc. </p>
<p>Don’t go to the best school if it puts you and your child into deep debt & causes financial stress and your child is going to go to Grad School. It must be a good fit!</p>