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Morse Code: Inside the College Rankings

About That 'Secret' Memo

March 06, 2008 03:38 PM ET | Robert Morse | Permanent Link | Print

Reader Comments

Bob Morse

I am trying to determine if this is the same Bob Morse I attended school with years ago in Virginia.

Bob Morse responds: It sounds like we both went to high school in Roanoke, VA at Patrick Henry at the same time. So, yes.

cardozo

Cardozo is harder to get into

then many above them.

THEIR GRADS DO VERY WELL

IN THE TOUGH N.Y market/

Huh?

Anyone who would change where they are going to law school based on the updated rankings is clearly an idiot. The rankings are useful in determining where to apply to law school, and in broad ranges where to go, but anyone who chose to go to NYU over Columbia just because NYU was ranked 4th last year and Columbia was ranked 5th shouldn't be going to law school in the first place.

Much funnier?

This post shows no humor about the fact that you have to post a correction for an obvious joke, I suspect that you may not in fact be "much funnier" than the memo's original author.

Gosh, show a little humanity -- the situation is funny, why not roll with that a little?

Ranking Release Date

Shouldn't the rankings come out earlier if, as you wrote below, the reason that US News publishes them is because of "the importance of providing prospective law school students with valid information to use in their choice of the best law school for them"? Many schools have seat deposits due on April 1st and a major change in the rankings could definitely affect prospective students' choices.

Also, people actually believed that memo was real? Wow.

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About this Blog

Robert Morse is director of data research for U.S. News & World Report and has worked at the magazine since 1976. He develops the methodologies and surveys for the America's Best Colleges and America's Best Graduate Schools annual rankings, keeping an eye on higher-education trends to make sure the rankings offer prospective students the best analysis available. Morse Code provides deeper insights into the methodologies and is a forum for commentary and analysis of college, grad and other rankings.

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