Ernie All American 45943 Posts user info edit post |
http://www.forbes.com/lists/2010/94/best-colleges-10_Americas-Best-Colleges_Rank_15.html
Suck it, University of Portland 8/12/2010 12:16:20 PM |
toemoss All American 2950 Posts user info edit post |
What's their ranking criteria? 8/12/2010 12:21:37 PM |
Ernie All American 45943 Posts user info edit post |
Picking names from a hat, New England colleges first 8/12/2010 12:22:32 PM |
poopface All American 29367 Posts user info edit post |
^^height 8/12/2010 12:23:24 PM |
qntmfred retired 40601 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "Our list of more than 600 undergraduate institutions is based on the quality of the education they provide, the experiences of the students and how much they achieve " |
8/12/2010 12:23:48 PM |
toemoss All American 2950 Posts user info edit post |
Haha... it's from the students' point of view... We just have low self-esteem, but we all knew that already
Nothing to see here people... move along 8/12/2010 12:24:55 PM |
AstralEngine All American 3864 Posts user info edit post |
levels of grade inflation 8/12/2010 12:25:06 PM |
BigHitSunday Dick Danger 51059 Posts user info edit post |
8/12/2010 12:25:23 PM |
Ernie All American 45943 Posts user info edit post |
We're up 102 spots since 2008
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toemoss All American 2950 Posts user info edit post |
woop woop!! Coastal Carolina University bringing up the rear! 8/12/2010 12:27:36 PM |
joe_schmoe All American 18758 Posts user info edit post |
this list is pure crap.
Harvard is #8? behind the US Military Academy? And the very first U of California school is UC Berkeley at #68? And well known institutions with respected law schools and medical centers like the University of Iowa, Arizona State University, University of Alabama are all in the high 300's, behind tiny no-name private colleges that only have 4-year liberal studies programs, no research and no graduate programs?
i don't care who the idiots are who compiled this list, i want to know who the retards are in US News editorial management who allowed this ridiculous crap go to press.
US News actually had a legitimate ranking of the WORLD'S best universities, published 6 months ago, where NC State is #260 in the entire world. and Harvard is of course #1.
http://www.usnews.com/articles/education/worlds-best-universities/2010/02/25/worlds-best-universities-top-400.html
US News has lost serious credibility with their incessant rankings obviously created to just sell magazines. 8/12/2010 1:15:11 PM |
Ernie All American 45943 Posts user info edit post |
It's Forbes, bro 8/12/2010 1:17:09 PM |
BigHitSunday Dick Danger 51059 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "US News actually had a legitimate ranking of the WORLD'S best universities, published 6 months ago, where NC State is #260 in the entire world. and Harvard is of course #1." |
yea, of course it is legit...8/12/2010 1:18:48 PM |
fenway All American 3135 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | " Picking names from a hat, New England colleges first" |
After looking at the list this seems about right. I hate these rankings like this. Seems like every single news publication has started doing it 5 times a year. I have no idea what these things are ever based on.8/12/2010 1:21:38 PM |
Ernie All American 45943 Posts user info edit post |
Wasn't there a list of best value educations a few years ago? Didn't we run that shit? I'm not paying $50k bucks to go to some school no one south of the Mason-Dixon has ever heard of 8/12/2010 1:23:28 PM |
m52ncsu Suspended 1606 Posts user info edit post |
selling magazines, they are based on selling magazines 8/12/2010 1:23:52 PM |
goalielax All American 11252 Posts user info edit post |
they use rate my professors.com and who's who in america
it's pure bunk
let's put it this way, last year they didn't have the CEO of Walmart on GT's list of distinguished grads but the school above them had a miss america that was 8/12/2010 1:28:12 PM |
DoeoJ has 7062 Posts user info edit post |
dumb list. "from the students point of view" -- really? 8/12/2010 4:14:17 PM |
GeniuSxBoY Suspended 16786 Posts user info edit post |
I don't know about you, but no one ever interviewed me 8/12/2010 4:22:37 PM |
joe_schmoe All American 18758 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "It's Forbes, bro" |
oh. duh.
well, that explains everything.8/12/2010 5:07:25 PM |
Fermat All American 47007 Posts user info edit post |
screw you, University of Portland! 8/12/2010 5:14:16 PM |
LRlilDaddy All American 6511 Posts user info edit post |
I like it when people see these lists and get mad.
Then they discredit the list. It's like, "hey if you are going to discredit it, then why are umad?"
this forbes list is the ultimate troll 8/12/2010 5:19:05 PM |
IRSeriousCat All American 6092 Posts user info edit post |
wait, is forbes not a reliable source? 8/12/2010 5:19:08 PM |
joe_schmoe All American 18758 Posts user info edit post |
^ not when they use "ratemyprofessor.com" as their data source to rank universities.
anyhow, I thought it was US News, surprised because 6 months ago they put these same institutions much higher on a worldwide scale.
now i see it's Forbes, who are using a screwy sloppy methodology behind their ranking. US News at least published a very transparent and credible methodology behind their system.
i don't know that forbes lacks credibility in other areas, but this ranking is ridiculous and obviously a gimmick.
[Edited on August 12, 2010 at 5:30 PM. Reason : ] 8/12/2010 5:25:55 PM |
Ernie All American 45943 Posts user info edit post |
They interviewed me
I had us at #271
Very disappointed 8/12/2010 5:28:40 PM |