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lNKINGS
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pie latest school to jump on the bandwag-
ras the University of Texas at Austin. UT
; not ranked as one of the top-50 schools in
[country.
lust last week, UT’s student govern-
mt passed a resolution backing an ini-
live for UT President Robert Berdahl to
|te a letter to the magazine denouncing
rankings.
|eff Tsai, UT student body president
a senior government major, said the
(gazine attempts to coalesce vastly dif-
;nt schools, such as Texas A&M and
lliam & Mary, a small liberal arts col-
|e, and claims to create a comprehen-
list of rankings.
[They try to tell us in a series of rankings
pt is best for us and what is not best for us,"
|i said.
Tsai said the rankings are superficial and ir-
Jvant since they make readers look at colleges
1 different level, such as “A&M is better than
T and vice versa.
Cate Mueller, a media relations man-
;r for U.S. News and World Report,
Id the magazine’s college editorial staff
jets annually with an advisory com
mittee, which consists of several deans
of admissions, research experts and offi
cials from universities, to evaluate the
criteria they use and make improve
ments on the survey.
Mueller said 75 percent of the ranking
criteria is based on factual information
such as the number of graduates and the
number of applicants accepted compared
to the number which applied.
“We rank them in a large number of objective
attributes based on educational quality includ
ing academic reputation,” she said.
Mueller said the remaining 25 percent of the
ranking depends on the academic reputation
section where deans of uni versities are asked to
state their assessment of other schools. If deans
have no background on another school, they do
not have to fill out anything about that particu
lar school.
Mueller said the magazine’s traditional adage
is “News you can use" and the survey is done for
readers, not colleges.
“U.S. News believes that our rankings
provide a significant service to readers,”
Mueller said.
Thompson said one of the inaccuracies of the
rankings, besides the academic reputation sec
tion, is the value-added formula which is used to
compute graduation rates.
The formula takes the average SAT scores
of entering freshmen and predicts the rate
of graduation. Later, if the actual rate of
graduation is better than the predicted rate,
bonus points are given to the university. If
the actual rate is less than the predicted
rate, fewer points are tallied.
“What’s profoundly silly about that is, to
get a perfect score, the school would have
to accept mannequins and give them diplo
mas,” Thompson said. “The mannequins
would have a predicted graduation rate of
zero and an actual rate of 100.”
Mueller said the Art & Science Group Inc., a
higher education consulting group, conducted a
study and found that college rankings play a
modest role in an individual’s decision on where
to attend college.
“We basically never hear of a student who
strictly chooses a school just because of what the
ranking was,” Mueller said.
Tsai said since U.S. News and World
Report advertises statements such as “Ex
clusive Rankings” and “What’s Right For
You” on the cover of its annual rankings
issue, it appears that the magazine pro
motes itself to readers as the main source
of college information.
“The fact of the matter is that people do
rely on the rankings because U.S. News en
courages them to rely on these rankings,”
Tsai said.
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3 We had no notification, Car
penter said. “It really just kind of
flight us by surprise. We pay to
ive the privilege to live here. We
sed to be able to use the comput-
s as well.”
Carpenter said Cain Hall resi-
nts pay around $2,100 a semester
live in the hall.
He said he is not bitter about the
liange, but he hopes they can work
Imething out.
I “We don’t mind if athletes get
fecial privileges,” he said.
I Carpenter said a good solution to
le problem would be to allow ath-
Ites exclusive privileges to the
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PPLICANTS
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"We have roughly 1,600 monthly
ntacts,” she said, “and our law
ool files have increased 50 percent.”
The Office of Professional School
Ivising provides students with ser-
:es to help them with the applica-
m and interview process. The office
ceives applications, holds work-
ops, answers specific questions,
ites personalized letters and sends
computers most of the day, but to
have a “common time” when every
one could use them.
Dr. Karl Mooney, associate ath
letic director for academic affairs,
said the Athletic Department is try
ing to solve the problem.
“We’re trying to come up with a
system to provide [non-athletes] an
opportunity to use the lab when it’s
not packed,” Mooney said. “It was
never included in the contract that
[the computer lab) vyould be avail
able to non-athletes. ’
Mooney said it is important
all student athletes have access
to any supplementary learning
tools because of pressure from
the Big 12.
“[Athletes] can’t have a light
weight schedule,” he said.
letters of recommendation.
“We are trying to set up mock in
terview workshops, and we have
hired a part-time health career ad
viser to enhance that division of our
office,” Blum said.
Rachel Smith, a senior microbiol
ogy major entering medical school
this fall, explained how visiting the
Office of Professional School Advis
ing, sending off all applications, and
getting an acceptance letter meant
her single goal had been met.
“Yes, I’m in!” she said.
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