The U.S. News rankings for 2005 came out a few weeks ago, to much chatter on other blogs. We were surprised that, to our ears at least, there wasn't much comment among our classmates, especially as the Fordham news wasn't so encouraging. This year, Fordham tied for 34th place with Brigham Young, University of Washington, and Wake Forest. Last year, we shared the 31st spot with Brigham Young, UC-Davis, the University of Georgia, and the University of Wisconsin.
Why the drop three spots? What do we have in common with any of the schools near us on the list? We don't know, and we don't have time to analyze the rankings. Even if we had time, we aren't sure the analysis would be worth the effort. We tell ourselves we don't care about rankings. We do, however, find it interesting that no one at school seems to be talking about it.
