Is this a fair metric for ranking universities? (user search)
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Question: This ranking is...
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a good indicator of the quality of a university's student body
 
#2
decent, but by no means all-encompassing.
 
#3
bunk because my alma mater isn't list
 
#4
another way for elitists to justify their elitism.
 
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« on: June 01, 2008, 09:24:29 PM »

SATs are a terrible measurement, and the numbers provided are even more problematic as they measure only the top SAT scores (and thus the scores only of the wealthy). This list also severely overstate schools in which mathematics is particularly important (MIT, Caltech, Rice) compared to those which are more concerned with essay-writing ability (something rectified with the new SAT, I've heard).
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