<p>I don’t think using more rankings to debunk Harvard’s status as top in the USNWR is helpful, and if students know how the rankings are calculated it can be helpful to them. For me, rankings were fairly important because the type of school I want and need are those that fill the top of the USNWR rankings. (ie schools with top academics, strong students, good financial aid, high graduation rates etc.) Not to say that I can’t find a lower ranked school that has those things and would be a good fit for me, it’s just that the higher ranked schools are more likely to have all of those.</p>