<p>...could someone rank them in order of selectivity/academic strength for me? or at least the top 5? thanks</p>
<p>Northwestern
Michigan
Wisconsin
Illinois
Minnesota</p>
<p>Here’s my best shot at an overall grade, some like Purdue are good at one thing (engineering) and average at the rest.
- Northwestern
- Michigan
- Illinois
- Wisconsin
- Ohio State
- Minnesota
- Indiana
- Penn State
- Purdue
- Iowa
- Michigan State</p>
<p>Nothing scientific, just my opinion.</p>
<p>hmm, the bottom five are in an interesting order. any reason for them (i don’t agree or disagree, just wondering).</p>
<ol>
<li>northwestern</li>
<li>michigan</li>
<li>illinois</li>
<li>wisconsin</li>
<li>penn state</li>
<li>ohio state</li>
<li>michigan state</li>
<li>indiana</li>
<li>purdue</li>
<li>minnesota</li>
<li>iowa</li>
</ol>
<ol>
<li>Northwestern</li>
<li>Michigan</li>
<li>Illinois/Wisconsin. it’s a hard pick.</li>
</ol>
<p>The rest are hard to rank.</p>
<p>TIER 1: Northwestern and Michigan
TIER 2: Illinois and Wisconsin
TIER 3: MSU, OSU, Purdue, Indiana, Minnesota, Iowa, PSU</p>
<p>Illinois ahead of Wisconsin? Not really.</p>
<p>Here’s my ranking. And I’m not biased. At all.</p>
<ol>
<li>Ohio State</li>
<li>Northwestern</li>
<li>Wisconsin</li>
<li>Illinois</li>
<li>Minnesota</li>
<li>Penn State</li>
<li>Purdue</li>
<li>Iowa</li>
<li>Michigan State</li>
<li>Indiana</li>
<li>Michigan</li>
</ol>
<p>Northwestern
Michigan
Wisconsin
Illinois
Penn State
Minnesota
Ohio State
Indiana
Michigan State
Purdue
Iowa</p>
<p>why is big10?? is it just because of the size??</p>
<p>Northwestern
Michigan
Wisconsin
Illinois
Ohio State
Penn State
Minnesota
Purdue
Mich St
Indiana
Iowa</p>
<p>From where are you guys pulling these lists? Seriously.</p>
<ol>
<li>Northwestern - 25% *</li>
<li>Michigan - 47% *</li>
<li>Minnesota - 57% </li>
<li>Wisconsin - 58%</li>
<li>Penn State - 58%</li>
<li>Illinois - 65%</li>
<li>Ohio State - 68%</li>
<li>Michigan State - 73%</li>
<li>Indiana - 80%</li>
<li>Iowa - 83%</li>
<li>Purdue - 85%</li>
</ol>
<p>[* = 2007 data]</p>
<p>Clearly this list only examines selectivty. :)</p>
<p>umm, i’m just applying to 3 or 4 big 10 schools and kinda wanted to see where they stand. mission accomplished i guess. </p>
<p>fhimas: thanks for the data. where did you get the 2007 stats from? i wanna look them up. thanks</p>
<p>I only have information from Michigan and NU - it’s from the ‘Hernandez Counseling’ site. She has data from all the most competitive schools for the class of 2011.</p>
<p>ok, what’s that URL? Do you have to be a member or something to access it? thanks again</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.aisforadmission.com/resources/early2007statistics.html[/url]”>http://www.aisforadmission.com/resources/early2007statistics.html</a></p>
<p>acceptance rates are misleading. look at the incoming student profile in addition to the acceptance rates. here are the middle 50th% SAT ranges from college board (don’t know if they’re outdated but still).</p>
<p>Penn State- Math 560-660, Critical Reading 520-620
Illinois- M 620-740, CR 540-670
Ohio State- M 560-670, 530-640
Indiana- M 510-630, CR 490-610
Purdue- M 530-650, CR 490-600
Northwestern- M 670-760, CR 650-740
Michigan- M 630-730, CR 580-690
Minnesota- M 580-690, CR 540-670
Iowa- M 540-670, CR 520-650
Wisconsin- M 610-710, CR 560-670
Michigan State- M 530-600, CR 500-630</p>
<p>I can tell you that the acceptance percentage for Ohio State drops to 52% with the 2007 class. That’s what the e-mail that I received said; although, someone else has said that it’s 56%. In either case, it drops. Some other numbers on the 2007 freshman class are:</p>
<p>Top tenth of hs class: 56%
Top quarter of hs class: 93%
Average ACT 28.4
Middle 50% of ACT score: 26-30</p>
<p>Is this 2007 OSU information available on the site? Regardless, the 10 year profile numbers are shooting up like a rocket. OSU is getting to be of a match than safety these days.</p>