US top-15: A compound Ranking

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This is a ZT from BW forum

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I researched the rankings of all top publications & compared the rankings to student & professional views of the best schools & have developed a ranking that really represents reality.  US News is ok but weight 35% on weak employment data.  For ex, 7% comes from employed at graduation.  This is a weak predictor of quality as students at top schools often choose not to take a job right away for personal & professional reasons.  The top four schools in this category are HBS (tie), Texas A&M (tie), Minnesota & Michigan
   State.  Three months out (14%) is a better measure but by no means perfect.  The top three schools in the survey are Minnesota, Texas A&M & Illinois.  No, they are not football rankings!  I reduced the weighting of these categories to 5% in total & put more weight into starting salary (22% - measure of ability to get top jobs) & acceptance rate (16% - measure of selectivity).   I adjusted down GMAT to 11% & GPA to 6% as these can be manipulated by schools (Columbia).  I kept assessment ratings the same.  I sorted from best to worst in each category & gave the top school 100 pts & the worst 0 pts.  The results are not at all surprising. 

1. Stanford 100.0

2. HBS 98.0 (-2)

3. Wharton 96.3 (-3.7)         

4. MIT 88.8 (-11.2)
5. Kellogg 87.6 (-12.4)

6. Chicago 84.4 (-15.6)
7. Columbia 84.3 (-15.7)

8. Haas 80.5 (-19.5)
9. Tuck 80.3 (-19.7)

10. Michigan 73.1 (-26.1)

11. Stern 70.6 (-29.4)
12. UCLA 70.2 (-29.8)
13. Fuqua 68.4 (-31.6)
14. Yale 65.8 (-34.2)
15. Darden 63.7 (-36.3)
16. Cornell 62.3 (-37.7)
 

US News weights: peer .25, recruiter .15, GPA.075, GMAT .1625, Acceptance rate .0125, Salary .14, employed at graduation .07, employed three months .14

My weights: peer .25, recruiter .15, GPA.06, GMAT .11, Acceptance rate .16, Salary .22, employed at graduation .01, employed three months .04

It is interesting to note that Stanford is slightly ahead of HBS by about the same amount they are ahead of Wharton.  A huge drop to MIT & Kellogg and a slight drop to round out the M7 with Chicago & Columbia.  A fair drop to Haas & Tuck & then a big drop to Michigan. 

Build this ranking & adjust the parameters as you see fit.  Unlike how US News does it you will get a clearer picture of the real rankings of these schools.  Huge difference in quality from just Stanford (#1) to MIT (#4), but quality doesn’t vary much after top ten (#11 Stern to #16 Cornell).  I believe anything less than 2 points is statistically insignificant (HBS could be #1, Wharton could be better than HBS, but Wharton could not be better than Stanford).  Kellogg is clearly superior to Chicago but Columbia may be better than Chicago.  Choose wisely when applying. 

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