Usnwr- williams #1 again-all by its lonesome

Colleges and Universities A-Z Williams College
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<p>Oh, I know everyone says rankings are silly, but I can't deny the new rankings made me happy :D</p>

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<p>^ 100% agreement.</p>

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<p>If you look at the forebes college ranking for 2009 you will see Williams College ranked #5. This is comparing all lac and national universities.</p>

<p>Rank Name State Cost Freshman Class Size
1 Princeton University NJ 47,975 1,242<br>
2 California Institute of Technology CA 46,560 231<br>
3 Harvard University MA 48,550 1,668<br>
4 Swarthmore College PA 48,215 365<br>
5 Williams College MA 47,140 540<br>
6 United States Military Academy NY NA 1,272<br>
7 Amherst College MA 48,352 NA<br>
8 Wellesley College MA 47,870 590<br>
9 Yale University CT 50,350 1,318<br>
10 Columbia University NY 49,260 1,333 </p>

<p>The complete listing is at</p>

<p>[America’s</a> Best Colleges - Forbes.com](<a href=“Forbes List Directory”>Forbes List Directory)</p>

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<p>commserver that’s actually the outdated 2008 version.
the recent 2009 version showed williams at #4</p>

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<p>Thanks for telling me</p>

<p>Rank Name State Cost Freshman Class Size
1 United States Military Academy NY 0 1,263<br>
2 Princeton University NJ 49,830 1,243<br>
3 California Institute of Technology CA 48,990 236<br>
4 Williams College MA 49,530 540<br>
5 Harvard University MA 50,250 1,666<br>
6 Wellesley College MA 50,026 596<br>
7 United States Air Force Academy CO 0 1,286<br>
8 Amherst College MA 50,230 439<br>
9 Yale University CT 51,400 1,318<br>
10 Stanford University CA 51,760 1,703 </p>

<p>The complete listing</p>

<p>[America’s</a> Best Colleges - Forbes.com](<a href=“Forbes List Directory”>Forbes List Directory)</p>

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<p>Unfortunately, the parameters for the Forbes listing are even sillier than USNWR. West Point is number one because the kids graduate fully employed with no debt (except 8 years of their lives.) </p>

<p>This list is neoconservatives in action.</p>

<p>For newby Williams parents, Williams is part of a consortium of liberal arts colleges that signed a petition speaking out against NSNWR rankings and vowed not to use them in any promotional literature or on the website (as so many colleges to.)</p>

<p>This push was spearheaded by Barnard College.</p>

<p>The peer assessment portion is particularly silly.</p>

<p>So, sure, be happy – we all like to be #1 (or #4), but Williams has many other things to be happy about.</p>

<p>BTW: I am a Williams parent very a very happy son so no dis to Williams, just to rankings.</p>

<p>For those just coming in, welcome. I hope your offspring have an awesome year. For students, I hope you have an assume year.</p>

<p>What an adventure!!! Good for you.</p>

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<p>Williams still uses USNWR rankings to promote the college…albiet indirectly.</p>

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<p><a href=“http://www.williams.edu/admission/after.php[/url]”>http://www.williams.edu/admission/after.php&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>However, they don’t allude to their own ranking.</p>

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<p>They don’t need to. By mentioning USNWR, the college has brought attention to the magazine and ranking system to those who might not be aware–as if that’s possible. </p>

<p>I’m impressed Williams found a means to evade the agreement. ;)</p>

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<p>^^^^^ I understand what you mean, but I don’t think the word “obfuscate” is correctly used.</p>

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<p>Correct…I had something else on my mind… It’s changed.</p>

<p>And you know I adore Williams. I’m simply having a bit of fun. :)</p>

<p>Fyi- On the Midd thread, I also stated how idiotic it is Barnard is ranked where it is. The morons at USNWR don’t take into account the connection with Columbia and all that entails.</p>

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<p>I agree that all schools spend time positioning themselves to look attractive to potential students, and that effort includes providing guidebooks and ranking entities with information. </p>

<p>The following link (which I pulled from a post on this or some other site - sorry I’m not giving proper credit) shows Williams’ responses to those businesses. Interesting and I give kudos to the school for posting them.</p>

<p>[Williams</a> College - College Guidebook Submissions](<a href=“http://www.williams.edu/admin/provost/ir/guidebooks/]Williams”>Williams College)</p>