Friday Wrap Up

If you're the kind of person who is interested in rankings, you might want to see which colleges and universities are in the top 400 world-wide!  You can check by region or by discipline.

But while we're talking about rankings, here is some very good advice about why you shouldn't go too crazy over them, and as the article states, it is "just as subjective as ranking movies or music." We'll never all agree on our top ten movies, so why do we think there is a definitive list of top ten colleges?  At the bottom of the article, you will also find the methodology many of the so-called experts use.

We still believe it is all about which school fits you best!

Two recent articles in The Huffington Post gave me good reason to stop and think. The first one stems from the affirmative action case currently before the Supreme Court and is an argument in favor of considering diversity in the admissions process.  The second article is a summary of the education opportunities - or lack of opportunties - facing America's schoolchildren.  While the second piece  isn't directly about college admissions, it is an issue that is worth your consideration, and it once again makes me thankful for a school called GPS.