<p>Based on a lot of the threads (in particular one which was mentioning Notre Dame Mendoza UG Business School being placed above Wharton in BW), I understand that rankings according to the brand "whores" elitists are only "credible" if they place the so called elite schools (yes, the ones whose graduates managed to wreck the entire country's economy ) on top. If by any chance, another school makes its way to the top, then they are no longer credible. A win-win situation for all the no-life brand whores attending the elite schools in other words.</p>
<p>The amount of people that measure themselves by the college they went to is so small that it doesn’t even matter. This message board is 90% for entertainment purposes only. Anyone who is deriving their decisions from anything on here needs a cat-scan.</p>
<p>^SuperPippo, what’s your problem? It seems like all you do is go around threads trying to make people mad at you by insulting other people’s schools and calling people brand “whores” elitists. Maybe you should vent your pent up frustration elsewhere.</p>
<p>Also, the general consensus around CC is that the business week undergrad b-school rankings aren’t very credible mostly because the rankings from year to year are inconsistent.</p>
<p>Berkeley Haas’ Rankings from 2007-2009…3 to 11 to 6.
American Kogod’s Rankings from 2007-2009…N/A to N/A to 28
San Diego Rankings from 2007-2009…46 to 47 to 29</p>
<p>When the rankings are that volatile, the credibility has to be put into question.</p>
<p>Sure, the credibility of a ranking is put into question everytime a non-elite school tops a so called “elite” one. Otherwise, rankings are always a valid reference. Seems like these brand whores are pretty insecure about having made the right choice on spending 3 times as much for the same education they could acquire at a decent public school.</p>
<p>It is often the case that elite privates are cheaper than publics due to amazing financial aid. In my case, Princeton was cheaper than my state school by 20 K.</p>