11.02.2003
Schools continue to dismiss Atlantic Monthly rankings
Stanford Daily: "Stanford placed sixth in The Atlantic Monthly’s first annual ranking of the top 50 schools, falling behind MIT, Princeton, Cal Tech, Yale and Harvard, in that order..."
"'I don’t think that rankings do students a service,' said Dean of Admissions Robin Mamlet. 'Rankings, of course, sell magazines, and we’ve become a culture that wants to know what is best. Unfortunately, when this comes to colleges, it’s not always in a student’s best interest to ask which college is best. Students can become so busy looking at which college is best that they often neglect to ask which college is best for them...'"
RELATED: Atlantic Monthly came out October 14.
"'I don’t think that rankings do students a service,' said Dean of Admissions Robin Mamlet. 'Rankings, of course, sell magazines, and we’ve become a culture that wants to know what is best. Unfortunately, when this comes to colleges, it’s not always in a student’s best interest to ask which college is best. Students can become so busy looking at which college is best that they often neglect to ask which college is best for them...'"
RELATED: Atlantic Monthly came out October 14.
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