Boring list. Top party schools like the University of Florida are not in the top 50. Sad, truly sad.
“Dad - I got into MIT, Stanford, U of Chicago, Brown, Dartmouth, and Wabash. Forbes says I should go to Wabash.” “Well, son, based on a Forbes recommendation, I used all your college fund to buy AIG at 80. Go figure”
sublimity Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Actually, I love this Forbes list! > > It combats the ridiculous ranking and ranking > methodology of the US News and World Report > rankings with a ridiculous ranking and ranking > methodology of its own. > > I hope more of these lists come out from more > places, to dilute the influence of the idiots from > the Aristocracy of old America. I actually agree with you. Although I don’t agree with the outcome of this list, I do appreciate having this list to make comparisons against the “standard” ones floating out there.
JoeyDVivre Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > “Dad - I got into MIT, Stanford, U of Chicago, > Brown, Dartmouth, and Wabash. Forbes says I > should go to Wabash.” > > “Well, son, based on a Forbes recommendation, I > used all your college fund to buy AIG at 80. Go > figure” LOL!!!
NYU - 324!!! It just gets better and better… JoeyDVivre Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > “Dad - I got into MIT, Stanford, U of Chicago, > Brown, Dartmouth, and Wabash. Forbes says I > should go to Wabash.” > > “Well, son, based on a Forbes recommendation, I > used all your college fund to buy AIG at 80. Go > figure” + (a whole bunch)
haha - one guy’s comment at the bottom: “Reader Comments Posted by brettpholmes | 10/28/08 02:37 PM EDT Whoever created this list probably did not go to college.”
adalfu Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > wow seriously: > > 20 Pomona College CA > > 23 Stanford University CA > > Never knew Pomona was so great… Their acceptance > rate is like 99%? Cool, I grew up in Palo Alto… I knew it was a good idea to go to Pomona! Now I have proof! 
(btw, Pomona’s acceptance rate is a little less than 99%)
Wabash is 12, this is insane. I could understand DePauw at 47 much mroe than Wabash at 12. Purdue is at 487, so I guess it doesn’t matter that Neil Armstrong went there. Georgia Tech is 501. Makes perfect sense.
Check out the poll as to “the most important part of a college experience”. Sex is edging out Classes in the number 2 spot.
With uncorrelated high profile rankings chancellors and presidents can choose their own ranking to emphasize. University administrations must love this.
steph96 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Check out the poll as to “the most important part > of a college experience”. Sex is edging out > Classes in the number 2 spot. The lightbulb goes on…I shoulda gone to Wabash…
jmh530 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Wabash is 12, this is insane. I could understand > DePauw at 47 much mroe than Wabash at 12. Purdue > is at 487, so I guess it doesn’t matter that Neil > Armstrong went there. Georgia Tech is 501. Makes > perfect sense. This makes me feel better as my beautiful university is at 307. 
the overall list is hilarious. worst one i ever seen. the public one is spot on…
this sort of reminds me of WSJs first B-School ranking that had harvard and stanford outside the top 20. it is so outside the scope of reality, that it becomes worthless. at least businessweek and US news pass the eyeball check. when it comes to specifics (i.e., 1 vs 5 or 8 vs 12) the lists are somewhat arbitray, but at least directionally accurate.
So rank these: Julliard, MIT, West Point, UCLA, Pomona. Nobody in the history of the world has ever applied to all 5. In fact, it would probably be hard to find someone who had applied to more than 2 (UCLA and Pomona probably happen).
My university is not even on the list. I guess i am special like dat!
MCalamari Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Lol, Carnegie Mellon is 266. Apparently, top > employers, Nobel Prizes, and high standardized > scores don’t count for much these days. Who wrote > this list? That seems appropriate. Brilliant engineers, nobel prizes in multuple fields (including finance) and fantastic job placement doesn’t amount to $h1t compared to RateMyProfessors.com ranks.
bchadwick Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > adalfu Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > wow seriously: > > > > 20 Pomona College CA > > > > 23 Stanford University CA > > > > Never knew Pomona was so great… Their > acceptance > > rate is like 99%? > > > Cool, I grew up in Palo Alto… I knew it was a > good idea to go to Pomona! Now I have proof! > > > (btw, Pomona’s acceptance rate is a little less > than 99%) I’m CMC class of 2002- when did you graduate? I didn’t make the 1% but was all-schools major so took about half my classes on your campus. Good times.
I will enjoy posting this list around the office. My school is always punished in the US News reports because of low levels of alumni giving. That’s what we get for sending all our damn students into the Peace Corps.
I think it is the % of alumnae that actually contribute(i.e., any$ amount qualifies as participation), not how much… even peace corp volunteers have to get jobs eventually. still think alumnae participation is a strong indicator of how graduates feel about the value of their degree and their experience at their institution.