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I dunno, my community college didn't seem to care about rankings (although they were proud of their transfer statistics), but my 4 year school seemed really pro
by toast0 2y ago
I dunno, my community college didn't seem to care about rankings (although they were proud of their transfer statistics), but my 4 year school seemed really proud to be in the top 10 of small private engineering schools where doctorates are not offered in the upper midwest that nobody two states away has heard of. Looking now, they've got actually some good looking rankings in some other categories.
- taeric 2y agoAgreed on the skepticism. Feels safe to say that anyone not in the top 10 don't care about the ratings that heavily, but I question whether it is meaningless.
- ineedasername 2y agoNot safe to say— I have first hand experience.
- taeric 2y agoFair. I was thinking it is /safer/, at least? Not at all surprised to know a lot of people care about this. I'd be surprised to know that there wasn't more money tied to these than makes sense.
- ineedasername 2y agoCommunity colleges care much less because the students that go there are choosing those schools for very different reasons. In some cases it’s financial, in some cases lack of options, in some cases for very specific certifications, etc. Community colleges also have less ability to chase rankings through lack of $ to plow into marketing budgets or other fluff used to inflate rankings so there’s no reason to care all that much. The issue also isn’t something a student will be too aware of after the few months of college search prior to enrolling.