Totally agree. According to Wikipedia, there are 2,774 four year universities in the US (4,495 if you include two year). If you can't get yourself into one of

Totally agree. According to Wikipedia, there are 2,774 four year universities in the US (4,495 if you include two year). If you can't get yourself into one of the top 1000 (I'm being generous), your time and money is probably better spent elsewhere. If you are an institution that doesn't rank in the top 1000, the world probably won't miss your research. Now I'm sure there are a some great professors at whatever the 2,774th ranked school in america is, and some of their students will turn out to be very successful. But looking at the big picture, it is a big misallocation of resources. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Higher_education_in_the_United_States http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Higher_education_in_the_United_...