<p>nastynate0315, are you saying that a school like Syracuse or Pittsburgh would not be a school of your choice because there are probably bad programs at those schools? I think Syracuse and Pitt are well-rounded schools but are not in the top 50 according to US News…</p>
<p>I think you have to take account both major rankings and the overall rankings if you are not 100% sure if you will stay in that major. But major rankings definitely have to be considered.</p>
<p>In a sense yes. I say that only because Syracuse has an amazing Journalism program but nothing else the school offers compares. That’s fine and all but to me it would make more sense to go to a school like USC which has a good journalism program and is well ranked in all programs. IMO the overall rank of a school affects job and graduate school placement.</p>
<p>not quite sure about that, I’m pretty sure Purdue graduates land better engineering jobs than somebody from the University Of Rochester…</p>
<p>Syracuse is pretty well rounded academically with strong programs in architecture, advertising, art, business, music, political science, engineering, life sciences and who can forget the Newhouse School Of Public Communications so I disagree that Syracuse has nothing to offer other than journalism</p>
<p>not saying it doesn’t have anything to offer other than journalism just that the other programs are not as good. This isn’t a reference to Syracuse but I wouldn’t want to go to a school where my major was the only decent program, especially if you have to take classes at different schools as part of a mandated core curriculum which many schools often require.</p>
<p>I disagree wth you nastynate, but hey we all have our own opinions</p>
<p>Nastynate,</p>
<p>You’re just starting out. You’ll find that an overall decent rep of a school doesn’t mean much when you have to endure a sub-par professor or even a sub-par program. And yes, you might want to experience college first hand before having an opinion on your own school let alone another university that you also haven’t gone to. </p>
<p>And what goes around labeled as “sub-par”, comes around - including at NYU. </p>
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<p>substitute ‘student reviews’ (no space) for the asterisks</p>
<p>I’m not going to be attacked for having an opinion. I’m not the only one who feels this way.</p>
<p>but you were attacked… well, rebutted actually.</p>
<p>for undergrad, overall ranking
for grad school, major ranking</p>
<p>With regards to undergraduate, the two usually go hand-in-hand.</p>
<p>For instance, if you’re interested in Economics, you might choose Princeton.
Comp Sci, Stanford.
English, Amherst or Williams.
Business, UPenn.</p>
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<p>Well, at the major state program he can go and study history or marketing. At at traditional LAC, that’s not an option. However, having thought about it, I don’t see the point of generalizing the issue. To Swish14’s point, college kids change majors/departments/schools within a university frequently - so the value of ‘a’ specific major at a school is lowered by that reality.</p>