<p>I don’t think they’re very useful at all. Sure, they can be used as a reasonable starting point, but good old-fashioned research is by far the best way to select colleges. Graduate rankings are even more useless at the graduate level, ironically.</p>
<p>This post ignores that 60-70% of undergrads change their major at least once. An awesome political science program does you little good if you decide you’re really more interested in gender studies. </p>
<p>I’d much rather start with a book like Rugg’s Recommendations, personally. It combines well with the Fiske Guide.</p>