Does University and College Rankings Really Matter?

Sometime back I wrote an interesting article on how I don’t believe in University Ranking system and how friends from low ranked colleges got job in Big companies like Microsoft, Google, Amazon, GE, ..

Student while selecting universities tend to search for University ranking. Something like

• Computer science university rankings
• Biotechnology university rankings for GRE 1000
• Electrical engineering department rankings
• Industrial Engineering department University rankings

But, rankings do not exactly reflect if student can get admission. There are so many other factors that will decide if student is given admission in graduate school.

I came across this interesting article about College Ranking from College and Finance Blog. Its well written and worth reading.

‘……I feel that while rankings may give you a little bit of a boost when looking for a job, it’s much more important to see what you did in college, rather than how your school was ranked. I guarantee…… read more

I strongly suggest to collect all required information about the University before applying based on ranking. that will help you apply in educated way, rater taking your chances with you grad school application. So, dont spend too much time searching for college ranking based on department.

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