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With the usual rankings-related caveats in mind, I was drawn to t

on which schools are ranked higher by high-school counselors than their peers.

 topped the list of colleges with a greater repuation among counselors than of peer colleges. It had the greatest disparity (149 places) between the counselors' ranking (89) and that of college officials (238).

 came in third, with a disparity of 83 places. That difference, along with the second-ranked institution, is far lower than the St. Mary's disparity.

No Minnesota schools made the second ranking, which showed the opposite disparity -- which schools were ranked higher by college officials than by high-school counselors.

But Stony Brook University in New York, where 

 President Eric Kaler previously served as provost, is ranked 12th.

Here's what the magazine has to say about the pattern in the disparities:

Could one come to the conclusion that those two Minnesota colleges are underrated because of a grad-school bias of college officials? Not sure what to make of it.

You can see the article and its rankings here.

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With the usual rankings-related caveats in mind, I was drawn to this little article in U.S. News & World Report on which schools are ranked higher by high-school counselors than their peers. St. Mary’s University of Minnesota topped the list of colleges with a greater repuation among counselors than of peer colleges. It had the…

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