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Originally posted by Retro
Am I the only person that feels like college rankings are generally complete bunk?
I just find it hard to believe my own school is only #145 in the U.S. given its stellar graduation rate, employment prospects, quality of education, etc. 
Granted I'm actually well above the average admissions range for my school, but I chose it for a very good reason! |
You are not. I've learned that people put quite a bit of stock on lists and rankings in general, when it's just that (Another list).
Now granted, there are a few schools (Ivies and others like it) that should be held to a higher regard, people use these lists to put down the average state school when there's nothing necessarily wrong with choosing to attend a state school.They ALL serve a purpose.
I'm also not really a fan of how selectivity among institutions gets so highly regarded as well. It really causes places to be a bit deceptive when recruiting students. I'm not cut out for the Harvards, and the Stanfords, and the Dukes of the world, and that's fine because I'm not really interested in choosing schools like that as my place of study.
At the end of the day, It's more important that you stay in there and get the degree, A lot of these companies don't really give a damn as long as you finish school with the stated experience, and qualifications that prospective employers want*.
And that's just my two cents.
(*As for the asterisk by my second to last sentence, there are two general exceptions to this: Diploma Mills and some of the nationally accredited schools. Schools like Everest, ECPI, ITT Technical Institute, in some cases University of Phoenix and the like are considered to be nationally accredited schools, meaning that some of the degree programs they carry are worthless to quite a few employers, even though some of them still serve some type of purpose)
