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BusinessWeek released their Best Undergrad B-Schools rankings last week. The usually much-touted Haas School of Business pulled an ass-backward slide from its perennial number three perch to the inglorious No. 11 spot, and all in the space of one year.
What happened, the concerned student may ask? Frankly, the Clog isn’t quite sure. We don’t score too high on the student survey (rank: 14), and the recruiters aren’t feeling the love either (rank: 12). Further investigation of the table yields the observation that our Academic Quality Rank measure — a composite score based on five equally weighted measures — turned in a rather flabby score of 55. The five measures involve average SAT scores, the ratio of full-time faculty to students, and average class size, as well as the percentage of business majors with internships and the hours of work students spend every week on course work. What? Does this mean Haas students don’t actually study, intern, or attend classes that are but a fraction of the size of Wheeler Auditorium? Have our lives been an elaborate lie?
The Haas School of Business does have “high-quality faculty, students, and recruiting,” the site allows. “But [its] rugged grading curve irks some.” Irksome indeed.
Whatever. U.S. News has still got it going.
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