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<blockquote data-quote="Ransom Stoddard" data-source="post: 1345149" data-attributes="member: 10336"><p>USNews and World Report does rankings that people use when comparing universities, but they also take a fair bit of criticism because their criteria is not perceived as balanced.</p><p></p><p>The Princeton Review (same place your daughter may do test prep through) also does rankings that I believe are geared more toward admission and graduation rates.</p><p></p><p>Having sent 2 kids to college (small data set, I know) the best advice I'd give you is look at a breadth of information. Try to understand what the criteria mean and if that is important to you/her, and then use their data points to do your own statistical evaluations based on your key factors.</p><p></p><p>If nationally-known faculty is important to you, focus on those things. If research options are important, make sure you evaluate that. Campus life, distance, and other more subjective evaluations are things you may have to measure in after you've visited some campuses and have a better understanding of how everything fits together.</p><p></p><p>Another incredibly important tool is talking to people who are/were in the same program and get their opinions.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ransom Stoddard, post: 1345149, member: 10336"] USNews and World Report does rankings that people use when comparing universities, but they also take a fair bit of criticism because their criteria is not perceived as balanced. The Princeton Review (same place your daughter may do test prep through) also does rankings that I believe are geared more toward admission and graduation rates. Having sent 2 kids to college (small data set, I know) the best advice I'd give you is look at a breadth of information. Try to understand what the criteria mean and if that is important to you/her, and then use their data points to do your own statistical evaluations based on your key factors. If nationally-known faculty is important to you, focus on those things. If research options are important, make sure you evaluate that. Campus life, distance, and other more subjective evaluations are things you may have to measure in after you've visited some campuses and have a better understanding of how everything fits together. Another incredibly important tool is talking to people who are/were in the same program and get their opinions. [/QUOTE]
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