<p>Princeton review has Admissions Selectivity Ratings , how accurate are they and are there any other accurate measures?</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>The selectivity ratings don’t help much if you’re applying to top schools. School websites should post the exact percentages of admitted applicants as well as the middle 50% of SAT/ACT. Use those measurements to determine how selective a school is.</p>
<p>ie, even if your stats are in the upper 75% of admitted students, a school with a 7% acceptance rate is still a reach. With the same stats and an acceptance rate of 30%, you’re probably closer to a match.</p>
<p>Personally, I have always used the overall admission rate to determine admissions selectivity. The Admissions Selectivity Rating is probably good for comparing the relative selectivity of different schools.</p>
<p>Also, some schools (like Princeton and Dartmouth, off the top of my head) post acceptance rates of students with certain SAT ranges/UW GPAs.</p>
<p>Thanks for the responses , I understand that selectivity can be gleaned by various statistics such as SAT range , admit rate etc.</p>
<p>PR ranks colleges by their “Admissions Selectivity Rating” on a scale from 99-60:
I’m not trying to debate the merits of the schools just trying to compile some data based selectivity…Thaks!</p>
<p>here a few select ratings.
99-Yale, Harvard
98-Cornell, Dartmouth, Georgetown
97-Lehigh , Boston College,Tufts
96-Lafayette, Maryland,NYU
95-Richmond,Wake Forest,Union
94- Could not find one
93-American, TCNJ,Providence
92-Fordham,Elon,Syracuse
91-Penn St, Northeastern
90-Fairfield</p>
<p>What I’m looking for is there a comprehensive list on PR?
If there is I cant’t find it.How accurate do think their list is?
Are there any better sources that rank strictly on selectivity?</p>
<p>I’ve been VERY confused about Princeton Review’s selectivity rating. Can someone explain to me exactly HOW it is determined? For example, how can a school like Dartmouth have a selectivity rating of 98 when its acceptance rate is 13.5 and UVA have a selectivity rating of 99 when its acceptance rate is 36.7? I find this bizarre.</p>
<p>type in Common Data Set in the Search window of most colleges and you can sort through and get accurate numbers on admission rates and yield. Be careful to distinguish between “admitted students” stats and “matriculating student” stats…which are two different animals and often hard to find for a while although some colleges who post Last Year’s Class stats post accurate Matriculated Class Stats for you to look over. You have to read articles as well in specific college newspapers with a grain of salt if the articles are published in March or April since many admitted students do not attend and accept other college offers…and final class stats may be softer.</p>
<p>The Princeton Review scores are not meaningful and I have no idea how they expect those numbers to help highly qualified students to get an accurate view of their odds.</p>
<p>For some colleges, like Duke and many others that receive high volumes in applications…the stats of the initially admitted class is indeed very comparable to the final matriculating class since the waitlist looks so much like the admitted student body.</p>
<p>Princeton Review’s Selectivity Ratings are totally inaccurate. Its almost silly.</p>