<p>When does USNEWS rankings come out?</p>
<p>Aug. 18. All you have to do is go on the website. It's not that difficult to find.....</p>
<p>why does it matter? I thought it was generally accepted that US news isn't a very good ranking system - just get last year's.</p>
<p>anonymous729 yes it is generally not accepted as a good ranking system by people whose colleges aren't ranked well. The rest of the world doesn't care. They see Harvard as #1 and they know that Harvard is good, therefore this ranking confirms at least some of their preconceptions and they accept it.
They then use these rankings when picking people out for jobs and promotions. (And for many other things too.) So maybe they don't care to the CC users who think their school should be ranked higher, they do matter to the rest of the world.</p>
<p>*I've seen job discriptions that read "Must be a graduate of an Ivy League school or a top "5" school" -- yes the word "must" and "top 5" were used.</p>
<p>I just want the magazine for some of the articles.</p>
<p>….. Says a husband caught looking at Playboy.</p>
<p>good one kk19131!</p>
<p>"*I've seen job discriptions that read "Must be a graduate of an Ivy League school or a top "5" school" -- yes the word "must" and "top 5" were used."</p>
<p>While this is true to some extent some of the time, it's not hard and fast and not based on USNWR anyway. It's not like a company that says it wants a top 5 graduate is going to be closely following the USNWR (or any other) rankings and not accept any Stanford resumes next year if the school moves down to #6 in the USNWR rankings.</p>
<p>gellino true, but USNWR does affect a college's reputation a lot, especially since most layman consider it "THE OFFICIAL G-D GIVEN COLLEGE RANKING"</p>
<p>But nobody really cares about what the layman thinks, only about the opinions the employers and other people who actuall matter.</p>
<p>"but nobody really cares about what the layman thinks, only about the opinions the employers and other people who actuall matter."</p>
<p>-Because ALL employers are learned on the depth of colleges, right? :rolleyes:</p>
<p>I think employers only have general perceptions of colleges and are not at all glued to updated rankings. Mid to upper level mgmt of companies probably still think of Penn and WUSTL as ~ a #20 ranking like it was in 1990.</p>
<p>I've heard that WUSTL does all it can to try to raise its USNews rank, though.</p>
<p>I think many schools do their best to raise their rankings, even the higher ivies such as Princeton bust their butt to keep themselves at number 1. So WUSTL is not the only school that cares greatly about rankings.</p>
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<p>And what would those top 5 schools be?</p>
<p>I think employers have a general idea of how good a school is and I doubt they buy the newest USNews ranking every year and follow it religiously.</p>
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<p>I wouldn't want to work for an idiot.</p>
<p>The only thing this magazine does is cause everyone to apply to the highest rated school with the lowest stats. The the students who truly love the school and would be a great match don't get in. I think its ridiculous that this is what college has come to. Read The Overachievers. Great argument in there.</p>
<p>rating is definetely not everything. When it comes to professors imo, professors are professors, whether they're at harvard or University of Arizona. Harvard professors aren't better than U of A professors (mb they are, but you get my point). As long as you like where you are thats what counts :D</p>