<p>It shows that there are about 40 top schools that attract the top students. Arguing between them should be based on size, setting, weather, culture not based on us news rankings.</p>
<p>Speaking of which, this shows that there is a bias toward large grad programs as reflected in the peer assesment scores. Several large research schools are not on the above lists but they score very highly on peer ass.; unfairly if I may add. esp since the mag is marketed to high school kids and families who shouldnt care about the grad programs at all.</p>