Colleges and universities earn bragging rights for appearing at the top of America’s Best Colleges lists, but what do these rankings really mean? What kind of impact does it translate to for the student who did… or didn’t…. attend an elite or nationally acclaimed institution of higher education? Does it make an impact as far as who gets admitted to graduate school?
I get the anxiety. After all, the competition can be pretty stiff, and getting an acceptance letter can feel like… well, life or death.If your college or university isn’t sitting pretty on the top of the U.S. News and World Reports rankings, you can breathe a bit easier knowing that you have not dashed your chances of getting into grad school.
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