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Re: Rankings rankings rankings....
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05 Jul 2011, 22:11
I second jordanhendrix's comment on US News.
But honestly, everyone who's "in" the business (consulting, banking fields) as well as any of the applicants themselves will know the rankings. The deviations between the different agencies (US News, Forbes, Economist, etc) are moot points when we have a set of mentality ingrained in us already. For example, no matter who publishes what, in our mind Chicago Booth is not going to be #1 b-school in the nation (not trying to knock on any Booth people here). No matter what, the majority of the people WILL say and agree that Harvard, Stanford, and Wharton takes the top 3, with Harvard being #1 simply because of its name and reputation. So with that said, for those who are going through the process, who went through the process, and who are recruiting at schools will know the rankings that's really just ingrained in anyone. For me, the ranking is really just a way to show layperson where schools stands in comparison to their peer schools. That's really all. I'd be hard pressed to find anyone who will think that South Methodist University's Cox School of Business is truly ranked 12th in the country as published by BW (again, not trying to say Cox is a bad school).