>>7780793

>takes university rankings seriously

That's evidence that you'll never achieve something in life.

>>7780796
this desu.

>None of the reviewed criteria for international ranking seems to have very good construct validity for both educational and research excellence, and most don't have very good construct validity even for just one of these two aspects of excellence. Measurement error for many items is also considerable or is not possible to determine due to lack of publication of the relevant data and methodology details. The concordance between the 2006 rankings by Shanghai and Times is modest at best, with only 133 universities shared in their top 200 lists. The examination of the existing international ranking systems suggests that generic challenges include adjustment for institutional size, definition of institutions, implications of average measurements of excellence versus measurements of extremes, adjustments for scientific field, time frame of measurement and allocation of credit for excellence.

(source: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2174504/)

>>7780793
>takes rankings seriously
>thinks he's going to make it

Bruh, I got something to tell you...

>>7780793
>poor as fuck
>have to work my way through CC to eventually transfer to a shit-tier state college
>have internship my first semester
>junior friends at top 50 schools still don't have internships

Your school ranking is probably important, but small schools make it really easy to find jobs. High rank = high competition

>top 50
more like top 10