Better Than the Ivies
Forbes just put out it's list of college rankings. Interestingly they've got West Point on top. And Ivies don't dominate the top ten. But if you check out their ranking criteria and compare it to the criteria US News uses, it makes sense. The Forbes list focuses on life after college such as post-grads in fellowship programs like Rhodes scholars and pay rates for alumni; USNews list focuses on life before college and prestige items like selectivity and SAT scores. If you find your school in the top 100 of both lists I think you've got a good chance of having a top notch education.
And in the better than the Ivies category: Saint Mary's College of Maryland ranked higher than some Ivies, including Dartmouth, in the Forbes list. Just a little bragging since we have an alumnus in the family. Gotta help build that prestige for the old school network.... As for the other colleges in the family, I'm on page 4 of the listings and haven't seen any of them yet.
And in the better than the Ivies category: Saint Mary's College of Maryland ranked higher than some Ivies, including Dartmouth, in the Forbes list. Just a little bragging since we have an alumnus in the family. Gotta help build that prestige for the old school network.... As for the other colleges in the family, I'm on page 4 of the listings and haven't seen any of them yet.
posted by Wake of the Flood at 10:12 AM
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Will have to see where the college my daughter wants to go to is anywhere on that list!
Q, my daughter went to U of Alabama/Tuscaloosa. that was ranked #3 on the party school list! Eek.
she did fine. i'm sure yours will, too.
Forbes and USNews and Princeton Review rankings, etc. are nice tools for helping narrow down school choices, but we found out the most important ranking is what the kid thinks. If you want the education you can get it at any decent school. The question we learned to ask is this:
Would you want this place to be your home for the next 4 years? Doesn't matter how wonderful everyone else thinks the place is, if your child is unhappy living there it won't be a good fit.
The one she wants to attend isn't even on that list, but she does like the area & it's not too far from home if she needs a break!
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