2014 Rankings Released Forum

jrsbaseball5 · Post by **jrsbaseball5** » Sat Feb 16, 2013 8:10 pm

Jumping in here for the waiting game

shoeshine · Post by **shoeshine** » Sat Feb 16, 2013 8:27 pm

That droves meme is getting old.

Also, employers do pay attention to rankings. Not the small moves that happen year to year but multi-year trends for sure.

04102014 · Post by **04102014** » Sat Feb 16, 2013 9:34 pm

It will bother me if UVA (17% school funded) is ranked ahead of Michigan (3% school funded) again.

Mal Reynolds · Post by **Mal Reynolds** » Sat Feb 16, 2013 9:38 pm

shoeshine wrote:That droves meme is getting old.

Also, employers do pay attention to rankings. Not the small moves that happen year to year but multi-year trends for sure.

Is that what they told you at your SA?

20141023 · Post by **20141023** » Sat Feb 16, 2013 9:41 pm

04102014 · Post by **04102014** » Sat Feb 16, 2013 9:54 pm

Regulus wrote:
ohpobrecito wrote:It will bother me if UVA (17% school funded) is ranked ahead of Michigan (3% school funded) again.
But if you look at the numbers I posted above, even if you subtracted the 17% from UVA and the 3% from Michigan, UVA is still ahead of Michigan when it comes to employment rates (84.14% versus 83.61%).

Aren't those stats for the michigan class who was told to bid heavily on Chicago, even though we now know that's a crazy strategy? I'm willing to bet that, excluding school-funded jobs, the c/o 2012 michigan job stats will outperform UVA.

Tom Joad · Post by **Tom Joad** » Sat Feb 16, 2013 10:00 pm

If my school drops 1 place, I will drop out.

run26.2 · Post by **run26.2** » Sat Feb 16, 2013 10:15 pm

Lord Randolph McDuff wrote:most fascinating part of the methodology is the peer review and lawyers and judges score. wtf. first of all, who decides who gets these surveys? second, how the fuck do you rate schools based on 1 to 5? at least make it 1 to 10 and allow for half scores. ridiculous. this score counts for like 40% of the rankings, and there is no way to even reform it and make it less than horse-shit.

This is actually a really interesting point. This is a place where USN could really massage the data. A few ways come to mind, including selecting who gets the surveys based on school, tracking how/whether particular individuals respond, etc. I'm sure these are supposed to be anonymous... Is the US News' data collection or calculation process audited?

20141023 · Post by **20141023** » Sat Feb 16, 2013 10:27 pm

PRgradBYU · Post by **PRgradBYU** » Sun Feb 17, 2013 1:51 am

Tom Joad wrote:If my school drops 1 place, I will drop out.

You'd better. I'm waiting for the rankings to come out before I commit to a school...

Davidbentley · Post by **Davidbentley** » Sun Feb 17, 2013 1:54 am

Tom Joad wrote:If my school drops 1 place, I will drop out.

+1

wannabelawstudent · Post by **wannabelawstudent** » Sun Feb 17, 2013 4:06 am

So the idea is to just apply to every school you can and go to the highest ranked school right?

ManoftheHour · Post by **ManoftheHour** » Sun Feb 17, 2013 4:14 am

wannabelawstudent wrote:So the idea is to just apply to every school you can and go to the highest ranked school right?

That's the idea. Even though I'm from Cali and want to work in LA, I'd choose Vandy over USC because 16th is better than 18th.

Crowing · Post by **Crowing** » Sun Feb 17, 2013 4:40 am

wannabelawstudent wrote:So the idea is to just ~~apply to every school you can and go to the highest ranked school~~attend ASU if accepted right?

FTFY

laxbrah420 · Post by **laxbrah420** » Sun Feb 17, 2013 4:59 am

GW to 10th? Emory to 16th? G'Town to ...second tier?

313DetroitLove · Post by **313DetroitLove** » Sun Feb 17, 2013 7:52 am

schools around the T50-T70 bracket who bump their lsat averages up and drop their GPA scholarship stipulations should just auto raise in the rankings. Seems more meaningful than what the judge opinion 1/5 questionnaire can give prospective students.

Justin Genious · Post by **Justin Genious** » Sun Feb 17, 2013 10:54 am

313DetroitLove wrote:schools around the T50-T70 bracket who bump their lsat averages up and drop their GPA scholarship stipulations should just auto raise in the rankings. Seems more meaningful than what the judge opinion 1/5 questionnaire can give prospective students.

?

HBBJohnStamos · Post by **HBBJohnStamos** » Sun Feb 17, 2013 12:18 pm

Tom Joad wrote:If my school drops 1 place, I will drop out.

Hey fuck you too bro.

005618502 · Post by **005618502** » Sun Feb 17, 2013 12:38 pm

Seriously if I dont go to a T7 in 2014... I dont know if I could live with that!

cahwc12 · Post by **cahwc12** » Sun Feb 17, 2013 12:44 pm

I've seen scattered reports around that several schools (between 7 and 12) have seen increased apps this year. Anyone know if there's a list somewhere? My google-fu isn't working for me. I'd be interested to see if there is any correlation to employment data, cost, etc.

20141023 · Post by **20141023** » Sun Feb 17, 2013 1:30 pm

UnamSanctam · Post by **UnamSanctam** » Sun Feb 17, 2013 2:10 pm

Fuck each of the people in this thread who wrote a post containing the word "droves."

Birdnals · Post by **Birdnals** » Sun Feb 17, 2013 2:16 pm

UnamSanctam wrote:Fuck each of the people in this thread who wrote a post containing the word "droves."

Unam, giving fucks in DROVES

UnamSanctam · Post by **UnamSanctam** » Sun Feb 17, 2013 2:21 pm

Birdnals wrote:
UnamSanctam wrote:Fuck each of the people in this thread who wrote a post containing the word "droves."
Unam, giving fucks in DROVES

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