What is the meaning of a ranked school ?
• Graduation rate • Student-teacher ratio • Number of Ph.D.’s among the teaching faculty • Research funds & grants • The number of applications for admission received per year • The number of Ph.D.’s that graduate • The number of research articles that they have been able to publish • Placement services • Percentage of students getting jobs 3 months after graduation • Average starting salary of students after placement 9. Who ranks a school? (in the top 50 bracket or beyond..) There are various organizations that rank universities, however the most popular one is the US News Review. Others would include Business Week, occasionally The Time Magazine, Gourmand s Report and National Research Centre. 10. What is the criteria to get into a ranked school? Admission in various rankings of schools depends on: • Your academic profile • Your scores on standardized tests like the SAT, GMAT, TOEFL and GRE scores • Your recommendation letters • The reflection of your personality in your essays • Yo
