Comments on: Forbes College Rankings 2009 http://www.collegeadmissionspartners.com/college-admissions-counseling/forbes-college-rankings-2009/ Trying to find the right college for you? Don't have adequate college admissions counseling available at your school? Looking for news (and some ramblings) about the whole college search process? You have come to the right place. Sun, 05 Feb 2012 19:18:39 +0000 hourly 1 By: Steve Young http://www.collegeadmissionspartners.com/college-admissions-counseling/forbes-college-rankings-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-30921 Steve Young Mon, 17 Aug 2009 00:37:21 +0000 http://www.collegeadmissionspartners.com/?p=2521#comment-30921 I'm a former college admissions officer and the fact that any attention is given to college rankings is baffling. I can't think of a year when U.S. News & World Report did not rank Harvard, Yale, or Princeton as the #1 National University. Rankings are superficial and go against the self discovery process involved with choosing a college. Keep up the good work with your BLOG! Steve Young Spoof University I’m a former college admissions officer and the fact that any attention is given to college rankings is baffling. I can’t think of a year when U.S. News & World Report did not rank Harvard, Yale, or Princeton as the #1 National University. Rankings are superficial and go against the self discovery process involved with choosing a college. Keep up the good work with your BLOG!

Steve Young
Spoof University

]]> By: Todd Johnson http://www.collegeadmissionspartners.com/college-admissions-counseling/forbes-college-rankings-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-29561 Todd Johnson Fri, 07 Aug 2009 16:21:30 +0000 http://www.collegeadmissionspartners.com/?p=2521#comment-29561 Jason, Personally I do not think that any weight should be given to either ratemyprofessor or Who's Who since there is no validity to either, in my opinion. If we are truly trying to compare colleges let us at least use ones that have some validity. Yes it is possible to manipulate almost any data but the criteria used by US News, as an example, at least has some argument that if used properly gives one criteria for comparison. Note that I did not say such criteria could be used to "rank" colleges but rather provide some date for students to use to compare various institutions. Jason,

Personally I do not think that any weight should be given to either ratemyprofessor or Who’s Who since there is no validity to either, in my opinion. If we are truly trying to compare colleges let us at least use ones that have some validity. Yes it is possible to manipulate almost any data but the criteria used by US News, as an example, at least has some argument that if used properly gives one criteria for comparison.

Note that I did not say such criteria could be used to “rank” colleges but rather provide some date for students to use to compare various institutions.

]]> By: Jason Robinovitz http://www.collegeadmissionspartners.com/college-admissions-counseling/forbes-college-rankings-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-29556 Jason Robinovitz Fri, 07 Aug 2009 16:10:21 +0000 http://www.collegeadmissionspartners.com/?p=2521#comment-29556 How much weight, if any, do you think should be given to ratemyprofessor.com and Who's Who? How much weight, if any, do you think should be given to ratemyprofessor.com and Who’s Who?

]]> By: Forbes absurd new college ranking system | College Admissions Counseling http://www.collegeadmissionspartners.com/college-admissions-counseling/forbes-college-rankings-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-29454 Forbes absurd new college ranking system | College Admissions Counseling Fri, 07 Aug 2009 01:15:07 +0000 http://www.collegeadmissionspartners.com/?p=2521#comment-29454 [...] is the review of Forbes 2008 America’s Best Colleges. Here is the link to the America’s Best Colleges 2009 [...] [...] is the review of Forbes 2008 America’s Best Colleges. Here is the link to the America’s Best Colleges 2009 [...]

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