<p>we didnt even move, were still ranked 54th. this is complete crap.</p>
<p>Seeing as how rich your school - i.e. how much you charge for tuition and how much the trust fund baby alumnis give back - is a huge factor in the rankings, I'm not really surprised.</p>
<p>I tend to mostly ignore them. I think UMD is in the Top 20 publics, so it's cool.</p>
<p>Truth is there are just a lot of great schools out there. UMD is an amazing institution, but so is UCB, UNC, Georgetown, Princeton, etc. Take it worth a grain of salt...</p>
<p>anyone who completely bases their life on those rankings is pretty much a loser. if a student decides not to come look at UMD because its ranked 54th (which out of a few thousand really is quite good), we don't want him here anyway! :)</p>
<p>i agree man but still...... everyone has the yearning to be number 1. even if its hallow and irrelevant.</p>
<p>there's a ranking system that ranked UMD # 37 in the world, if we rank #54 in the US, then the 2 based on completely different things. but yeah, we're underrated in USNEWS because 25% of that comes from University presidents</p>
<p>It's one of my top choices, for sure.</p>