<p>Both can be criticized.
PA has come under enormous amount of criticism due to many issues. How serious do they take the survey. How much do top administrators at University of Tulsa or University of Miami in Ohio even know about quality of Brown undergrad. Do Brown undergrads even apply to those places on a yearly basis.
High School Counselor Rankings can be criticized for many issues as well. How serious do they take the survey. How much do counselors know about quality of undergrad. Since it's their job to know about undergrad programs, is what they know better than what top administrators in college know.</p>
<p>Which one is more accurate for perceived prestige of undergrad colleges?</p>
<p>How serious do they take either survey? How seriously do you take them? They’re just rankings, obviously they’re flawed, they exist to sell magazines. If, however, you’re looking for prestige, then PA is probably a much better gauge.</p>
<p>prestige is a subjective matter. so both can’t be wrong or correct. they (the survey results) are just guides or hints for you on what those people think towards the schools that are of interests to you.</p>
<p>The High School Counselor ranking is a better gauge for prestige of undergrad programs. High School Counselor live on knowing undergrad programs. On the other hand, it’s likely that University of Tulsa don’t accepted undergrads from Brown because no one from Brown applies to University of Tulsa for grad programs. How well can University of Tulsa rates Brown’s undergrad program? very ****ty.</p>
<p>Just because “they make a living off of knowing about undergrad programs” in no way implies competence. I will re-iterate: prestige is subjective, may be acquired through non-academic pursuits, and is often lagging behind present reality. Hardly a good way to pick a school, unless you’re concerned with how average people (not employers/grad schools) will react when you tell them where you go to college.</p>
<p>Prestige is pointless. However, we are talking about the less of the two evils here.</p>
<p>“Just because ‘they make a living off of knowing about undergrad programs’ in no way implies competence.”</p>
<p>Since they make a living off of it, they mostly likely have better knowledge than top administrators at University of Tulsa that are asked to rate Brown without ever meeting an applicant from Brown.</p>
<p>“Since they make a living off of it, they mostly likely have better knowledge than top administrators at University of Tulsa that are asked to rate Brown without ever meeting an applicant from Brown.”</p>
<p>You would be surprised how many incompetent college counselors there are out there… What makes you think they might not be like the administrators at the U of Tulsa?</p>