<p>Does anyone know where I can view the official Top 100 List of colleges for 2007?</p>
<p>There is no single "official" list of the top colleges. It all depends what you consider important.</p>
<p>That said, many people refer to the US News & World Report rankings. Even they don't have a single list, but break into categories. Go to <a href="http://www.usnews.com%5B/url%5D">www.usnews.com</a> and click on "ranklings."</p>
<p>The "top" college for YOU is the one that best fits your needs and wants. If the "best" schools are urban and large, and you want rural and small (or vice versa) then the "best" schools will not be the best for YOU.</p>
<p>it's impossible to list top 100
US news is very biased</p>
<p>Interesting, so what are people referring to when they say that a school is in the top 100?</p>
<p>It's better to think of colleges in tiers. I think generally there are four or five tiers of colleges (first- Ivies, top LACs, etc., second- really good state schools, blahblahblah). Top 50 is used quite often on this site too, but I've really never heard "Top 100"</p>
<p>They are referring to the very flawed US News rankings.</p>
<p>What makes it flawed? I found it odd that Penn State was in the top 50 but the rest of it seems pretty accurate to me.</p>
<p>I frequently use that phrase when telling posters that many of the top 100 schools can provide similar educations. I'm generally referring to the first tier of the US</a> News rankings. </p>
<p>US News isn't "very flawed" except in the general sense of all rankings in that it's difficult to quantify personal fit. It's certainly a great deal more accurate that other college rankings (Princeton Review, Washington Monthly, Gourman, etc.).</p>
<p>I think that people should approach the US News rankings (for Undergraduate Education) as a benchmark. It is a yearly snap shot of many quantifiable measures that compare Universities & LAC amongst each other. </p>
<p>Obviously you should not solely base where you spend the next 4 years of your life & college career, based solely on a number. However, I do believe that they are valuable in that it gives you a ballpark to deviate from.</p>