Re: (GRE Success! ) One more article on rankings

"Srihari Yamanoor [email protected] [gre-success]" <[email protected]> Wed, 25 Jun 2014 07:22:31 -0700
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Thanks Varadhan!


On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 2:04 AM, [email protected] [gre-success] <
[email protected]> wrote:

>
>
> Not sure if this was posted already. In any case, thought this might
> interest many us:
>
> What College Rankings Really Tell Us
> <http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2011/02/14/110214fa_fact_gladwell?cur=
rentPage=3Dall>
>        [image: image]
> <http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2011/02/14/110214fa_fact_gladwell?cur=
rentPage=3Dall>
>      What College Rankings Really Tell Us
> <http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2011/02/14/110214fa_fact_gladwell?cur=
rentPage=3Dall>
> Online version of the weekly magazine, with current articles, cartoons,
> blogs, audio, video, slide shows, an archive of articles and abstracts ba=
ck
> to 1925
>       View on www.newyorker.com
> <http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2011/02/14/110214fa_fact_gladwell?cur=
rentPage=3Dall>
>   Preview by Yahoo
>
>
>
> Bottomline: "Who comes out on top, in any ranking system, is really about
> who is doing the ranking"
>
>
>
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