<p>Just wondering why CC has Tufts listed among "also ran" colleges, not in the "top" group. Is it really below Georgetown, WUST, Rice, Emory and Northwestern?</p>
<p>Tufts is definately up there, especially in IR, but I think CC goes by the US News Rankings from a few years ago, because Wake and Tufts aren't on the top schools, but are tied with UNC-CH which IS on the list.</p>
<p>I should have done a little google research before I posted. I was suprised by the USNews Rankings, but now I get it. I guess I just assumed schools like WUSL which send letters weekly weren't as highly ranked (I'd also heard Georgetown was a "settle" school). I have a lot of research to do. Sorry for the uninformed question!</p>
<p>If you and your student like the school- it shouldn't matter how CC places it on the website</p>
<p>Develop your own criteria to evaluate schools-
if you really want to use percieved prestige as a factor that is up to you-
but will it make really much difference in day to day college life?</p>