"OK Uga, bark once if we should call an unreasonable amount of schools 'Public Ivies' in our new book, so that PR offices and alumni of as many schools as possible will hype our book and bring it up in conversation, thereby fueling sales and making us rich, rich, rich. I know it sounds silly, but we'll give you a milkbone if it works."
(woof)
"Good boy. Now, bark twice if percentage of applicants admitted is a reliable measure of a school's quality of education."
(woof woof)
"Good dog! Now, let's get you out on the field. Remember, just like we practiced..."
It sounds like your objections are to college rankings generally, which probably puts a damper on Tech being so well ranked last week. Or is that somehow more merit based?
It sounds like your objections are to college rankings generally, which probably puts a damper on Tech being so well ranked last week. Or is that somehow more merit based?
I try not to let my love for and pride in my school be grounded in the wiggles and variations of something that US News came up with to sell magazines, that's all.
Last edited by gtdxeric; 08-26-2008 at 12:14 AM.
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I try not to let my love for and pride in my school be grounded in the wiggles and variations of something that US News came up with to sell magazines, that's all.
Yeah, and that they manipulate slightly every year so as to seem to have new information to sell magazines.
I'm happy to see in-state kids have such great college options that may translate into degrees that employers recognize and value, but I don't know how much the rankings really contribute.
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