"Which candidate was ranked 894 out of 899 in his college class??"

[hillbillyhunter1]

I don't really see how this has very much bearing on anything but McCain is using it in his HNI (and probably other places) banner ad.

I understand it's better to be 1st than 894th but is that really a measuring stick that anybody uses to be persuaded??

[Alsatian]

McCain graduated from the US Naval Academy, an elite US college. Better to be last in the graduating class at Annapolis than upper 10% at butt-hole state university, quite possibly. I know I would rather graduate 894 out of 899 at Harvard, MIT, or Stanford than upper 10% at Oklahoma State University, Northern Illinois University, etc.