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snowybirdie

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4. These polls are meaningless

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Wed Aug 15, 2018, 01:19 PM

Aug 2018

Statistically, how many actual students can pick and choose from these lists? Most are unable to pay the stratospheric tuitions charged, not can they afford the costs of room and board by heading cross country in search of the "best" ranked. We see kids struggling to afford a class at a time, or a single mom trying to fit in school between work and childcare. The 1 % likely loves these rankings but the rest of us could give a damn.

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Money magazine: These Are the 727 Best Colleges in America [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2018 OP

These lists to some degree are meaningless exboyfil Aug 2018 #1

I agree (that the lists tend to be meaningless). mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2018 #2

I lived in California from 2nd to 9th grade exboyfil Aug 2018 #3

These polls are meaningless snowybirdie Aug 2018 #4

If your child has an excellent academic record exboyfil Aug 2018 #5