U. S. News does not even include earnings data in its ranking formula, although it said it might do so.

《美国新闻》甚至没有把收入数据纳入自己的排名系统，不过它说将来可能会纳入。

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Nevertheless, the increasingly high profile of the world ranking has also brought a certain amount of criticism that its calculation formula is too complicated.

然而，权威度与日俱增的世界排名也带来了相当一部分的批评之词——那就是计算方式过于繁琐。

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The bottom line is that no ranking system or formula can really answer the question of what college a student should attend.

最重要的是，没有哪个排名体系或公式能真正回答应该上哪所大学的问题。

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That leads to an important nuance in our ranking formula.

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With this in mind FORBES decided to help readers buy near the bottom this time by training our best buy ranking formula on one of the worst-performing categories of 2011: internationally focused mutual funds.

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Our ranking formula ignores the original amount invested in a deal (as it is often undisclosed), instead weighing most heavily the market capitalization of a venture-backed company on the close of its first day of trading or the purchase price in an acquisition.

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