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A metric showing that students going to northeastern universities mostly come from northeastern states isn't very meaningful. Given that it counts only students
by masonic 8y ago
A metric showing that students going to northeastern universities mostly come from northeastern states isn't very meaningful. Given that it counts only students attending those schools and not all of those accepted by those schools (e.g. the full population of those meeting the actual qualification standard) and doesn't account for ability to pay renders it even less meaningful.
- dorchadas 8y agoIt's really a horrible flawed metric. It doesn't mention background of students, nor the connections they might have made in school/life that help them get to those places. It also doesn't take into account students who don't want to necessarily go there (I was valedictorian and had a 4.0, 36 on ACT...I didn't apply Ivy because I didn't want to go there), etc. It's really just a "Hey, these schools have more kids here" ranking, saying nothing about quality of the schools themselves.