进入4月，学生开始做出学校的最后选择，一般来说，国内学生主要是看排名来选择，以下我介绍美国招生办老师AO给自己孩子推荐的三个率（不仅仅是排名），这样对选择学校给出了具体的可量化依据，对学校的选择会更精准些。Gil Villanueva, associate vice president and dean of admission, University of Richmond（列治文大学招生办主任）
“On the same spreadsheet, I’ll have him track what I call the ‘three rates’ for each college.
The first is the retention rate（返校率---比率低说明学生去了就后悔，第二年就转走了）: Are students returning as sophomores? Because if they are, then I make the argument that they have had a very good experience, their needs are met.
Next is the graduation rate（毕业率—比率低说明学校讹诈学生变相收费）. A fifth year or a sixth year in a college represents forgone income or time that you are not in graduate school — and you are not going to get that back.
The last rate is the placement rate （毕业去向率---比率低说明学校和毕业学生竞争力差）or ‘student outcomes.’ What are students doing six months, a year or five years after graduation? Are they employed, are they in graduate school, what type of companies or organizations do they work for?
The three rates gives parents and students peace of mind that they’ve done their research.”
设想如果学生去了很多学生都后悔的学校，又不能按时毕业，毕业后还难于就业和深造，这样的学校即使排名被说的天花乱坠还有什么用呢？
所以实际的考量学校，看准三个比率，比排名第几多少牛校友等更实际得多。
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