Posts Tagged ‘college rankings’

Insider tips for the week of May 28, 2018

By The Staff | May 25, 2018 |

15 things to know about college rankings – Lynn O’Shaughnessy does a nice job of explaining “how the sausage is made” with the popular US News college rankings, and it isn’t pretty. A must-read if you are at all using rankings in your search, and remember there is no such thing as a best ranked…

Insider tips for the week of June 26, 2017

By The Staff | June 16, 2017 |

How to make sense of college rankings – An important read from the NY Times for every family engaging in the college process. My favorite takeaway: “It isn’t like Consumer Reports…the interaction between a student and an institution is not the same as the interaction between a student and a refrigerator.” 4 ways…