<p>"It's beyond me that people like him are allowed a college education..."</p>
<p>But has he actually had one?</p>
<p>Finished, no. He does go to NU, right? The 08 is confusing.</p>
<p>"It's beyond me that people like him are allowed a college education..."</p>
<p>-True, I'm sure I couldn't have gotten into BU like you....</p>
<p>"But has he actually had one?"</p>
<p>-Indeed I have. I don't see why you're questioning this.</p>
<p>Not everyone has the resources to go to expensive private schools, so i chose stony brook which generously provided me a scholarship that can let me and my family have an affordable four year college education. And since i attend stony brook, i care about its reputations and how people view them. </p>
<p>it's about one's school pride that's all</p>
<p>"Not everyone has the resources to go to expensive private schools, so i chose stony brook which generously provided me a scholarship that can let me and my family have an affordable four year college education."</p>
<p>-Most elite private schools give the BEST need-based finaid in the country.</p>
<p>"And since i attend stony brook, i care about its reputations and how people view them.</p>
<p>it's about one's school pride that's all"</p>
<p>-And you should care about your school pride, you should not, however, worry about UsNews rankings. They don't paint your school in a good light. When you say you care about how people view its reputation, you mean UsNews, right? I don't see how you can extrapolate how people in general view your school by looking at these rankings.</p>
<p>yes elite schools do provide very good need-based aids.</p>
<p>However although the income my parents listed on FAFSA is over 100K , they also got a lot debt due to huge stock market loss from the past. The aids they offered are insufficient for me to go for 4 years</p>
<p>"Indeed I have. I don't see why you're questioning this"</p>
<p>That fact that you don't see is exactly why we're questioning this. I can only hope you'll wake up tommorrow and feel very sheepish.</p>
<p>most parents and kids put a considerable weight on rankings when talking about a college. There's no way i can totally disregard the news rank whether or not it can truly reflect a college</p>
<p>"That fact that you don't see is exactly why we're questioning this. I can only hope you'll wake up tommorrow and feel very sheepish."</p>
<p>You'll have to excuse my ignorance... I really have no idea what you're asserting.</p>
<p>stony brook is the right fit for me. period.</p>
<p>"stony brook is the right fit for me. period."</p>
<p>-Good. I think everyone should attend a school that fits him, but one should not worry about rankings when his school is ranked so low; that doesn't make much sense to me.</p>
<p>So, you would actually, in everyday conversation, bring up the UsNews ranking for Stony Brook????</p>
<p>He has the same right as you do for NU...</p>
<p>how do you know it's not going up again.</p>
<p>it ranked 117 in 2003, and now it's 98</p>
<p>not eveyday conversation, do you</p>
<p>Hey Nash, are you guys gonna finish last again in the AmEast? ;)</p>
<p>Does anyone bring up their school's rankings in everyday conversation? Imagine's KK's everyday conversation and is greatly amused.</p>
<p>"He has the same right as you do for NU..."</p>
<p>Indeed he does. I don't want to take away anyone's right to say anything. I will, however, exercise MY right to say that caring about UsNews rankings is silly for the top 25-30 schools, let alone for schools ranked in the low 90's. Sure it's good for general information, but using it as an actual gauge of public opinion or how "good" a school is doesn't make much sense.</p>
<p>as said i don't but other people do. so the ranking cannot be overlooked</p>
<p>"Does anyone bring up their school's rankings in everyday conversation?"</p>
<p>-Many people do. I'm not one of them, but it does happen.</p>
<p>""Does anyone bring up their school's rankings in everyday conversation?</p>
<p>-Many people do. I'm not one of them, but it does happen."</p>
<p>Thats called being a bore. If you're a bore who needs to brag and look down your nose and dismiss schools, than you need to be prepared to spend a lot of your life sucking up to graduates from those very schools. A bore graduating from Harvard won't get anywhere if he doesn't learn not to be offensive. Same with a NU grad.</p>