<p>KG974, the average SAT for BU is 1250, not 1330.</p>
<p>i think KG974 meant SAT score without cgs.</p>
<p>This is the only free link I found to the times higher education supplement-world univeristy rankings mentioned above:</p>
<p>look at page 11. is BU really better than emory, georgetown, brown, dartmouth and rice? i doubt that for some reason.</p>
<p>hmmm...perhaps you could ask the dean of COM where he gets his information from then? Reason I'm being so skeptical here is because I've never seen any real rankings of communications/journalism programs, and there are several dozen names (BU included) that always seem to pop up but it just seems so arbitrary.</p>
<p>Look at a current edition of The Gourman Report, which ranks certain majors/disciplines.</p>
<p>I also find it a little strange that Boston College isn't worth mentioning anywhere on any of the lists...</p>
<p>Isn't a "current version of the Gourman report" an oxymoron? Don't think there is such a thing...</p>
<p>BU and Syracuse are the nations best communications schools. They just are. BU has the first and best PR program...it's just a fact. </p>
<p>And BC isn't on the lists because BC doesn't have any really good programs. They're all OK, and that's it. Except nursing I think.</p>
<p>Kinshasa -- 1997, the last year the Gourman report was published, is current? Allrighty then...</p>
<p>These ranking are meaningless especially US NEWS. In a year none of you will remember what school was 30th vs. 76th. BU is a top school and so are dozens of other colleges. I don't think there is much differentiation on these lists-- its like the difference between a 2100 SAT score and a 2140. Does anyone honestly think the higher score makes one that much more likely to succeed in college? Arbitrary at best. Concentrate on where you'll be happy and for the most part that will depend on location and type of student body. If you look at the credentials of faculty at various colleges they all have similar backgrounds whether they are teaching at YALE or Penn State.
Fit is the most relevant factor. Thas my story and I' m sticking to it.</p>
<p>right on !</p>
<p>Important clarification since someone gave an erroneous average SAT for BU which is now well over 1300. Here are last years stats. These include students that are enrolled and attending. Some schools only report "accepted" student scores which of course are much higher than the students who actually enroll and show up. Note that this emcompasses the middle--so 25% of studenst at BU are over 1410.
Class of 2009 : </p>
<p>Bu site:
<a href="http://www.bu.edu/admissions/apply/class.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.bu.edu/admissions/apply/class.html</a></p>
<p>Try this one. I used both Rugg's and the Gourman Report when researching which colleges had strong programs in certain majors:</p>
<p>Rugg's Recommendations on the Colleges (22nd Edition)
by Frederick E. Rugg ((January 3, 2005)</p>
<p>There is no way to have an accurate ranking of all of the schools in the country because no one can attend every single college and compare their experience at each one.</p>
<p>And it really depends on what each individual person finds important. Personally, I don't feel cost or number of scholarships has anything to do with the quality of the school. And money from alumni? Of course schools like Harvard and Yale are going to have the most. A lot of the students at those schools come from very wealthy families and are able to give a lot of money away.</p>
<p>How come Indiana isn't on that list? It has one of the top Business programs in the nation...I don't know which ranking system to believe.</p>