College Ranking Game (Plus/Minus)

surreptitious · July 7, 2013, 3:44pm

There was one of these on the CC Cafe but it got pretty dead when they enforced the rule of only playing once a day and using lesser known colleges. (So I'm switching it up a bit and bringing it back here!)

How to play: All 20 colleges start out with 10 points, as indicated. Each turn, you may add a point to one college, and subtract a point from another. You have unlimited "turns" per day, but you can only change the ranking of DIFFERENT colleges each turn. (e.g. I use my first turn to give Stanford a point and subtract a point from Harvard. I use my second turn to give MIT a point and subtract a point from Penn. I CANNOT use my second turn to give/subtract a point to/from Harvard OR Stanford.)

At the end of the post, state the two changes you made and also be sure to actually change the numbers next to the college. Each turn should be in a new post.

Every time a college reaches "0", I will announce the "CC ranking" of that college.

When there are four colleges left, there will be a "showdown"; the highest ranked college will compete with the lowest ranked of the four, and the second highest ranked will compete with the second lowest ranked. The two winners from the "showdown" will then compete against each other for the ultimate title.

Here is the original list of colleges:

<ol>
<li>Harvard (10)</li>
<li>Yale (10)</li>
<li>Princeton (10)</li>
<li>MIT (10)</li>
<li>Stanford (10)</li>
<li>CalTech (10)</li>
<li>UChicago (10)</li>
<li>Columbia (10)</li>
<li>UPenn (10)</li>
<li>Brown (10)</li>
<li>Cornell (10)</li>
<li>Duke (10)</li>
<li>Dartmouth (10)</li>
<li>NYU (10)</li>
<li>UC Berkeley (10)</li>
<li>Tufts (10)</li>
<li>Carnegie Mellon (10)</li>
<li>Georgetown (10)</li>
<li>USC (10)</li>
<li>UCLA (10)</li>
</ol>

I'll go first.

surreptitious · July 7, 2013, 3:46pm

<ol>
<li>Harvard (10)</li>
<li>Yale (10)</li>
<li>Princeton (10)</li>
<li>MIT (10)</li>
<li>Stanford (11)</li>
<li>CalTech (10)</li>
<li>UChicago (10)</li>
<li>Columbia (10)</li>
<li>UPenn (10)</li>
<li>Brown (10)</li>
<li>Cornell (10)</li>
<li>Duke (10)</li>
<li>Dartmouth (10)</li>
<li>NYU (10)</li>
<li>UC Berkeley (10)</li>
<li>Tufts (10)</li>
<li>Carnegie Mellon (10)</li>
<li>Georgetown (10)</li>
<li>USC (9)</li>
<li>UCLA (10)</li>
</ol>

Stanford +1
USC -1

clarinetkid · July 7, 2013, 3:49pm

<ol>
<li>Harvard (10)</li>
<li>Yale (10)</li>
<li>Princeton (11)</li>
<li>MIT (9)</li>
<li>Stanford (11)</li>
<li>CalTech (10)</li>
<li>UChicago (10)</li>
<li>Columbia (10)</li>
<li>UPenn (10)</li>
<li>Brown (10)</li>
<li>Cornell (10)</li>
<li>Duke (10)</li>
<li>Dartmouth (10)</li>
<li>NYU (10)</li>
<li>UC Berkeley (10)</li>
<li>Tufts (10)</li>
<li>Carnegie Mellon (10)</li>
<li>Georgetown (10)</li>
<li>USC (9)</li>
<li>UCLA (10)</li>
</ol>

Princeton +1

MIT -1

halcyonheather · July 7, 2013, 3:51pm

<ol>
<li>Harvard (10)</li>
<li>Yale (10)</li>
<li>Princeton (11)</li>
<li>MIT (9)</li>
<li>Stanford (11)</li>
<li>CalTech (10)</li>
<li>UChicago (11)</li>
<li>Columbia (10)</li>
<li>UPenn (10)</li>
<li>Brown (10)</li>
<li>Cornell (10)</li>
<li>Duke (10)</li>
<li>Dartmouth (10)</li>
<li>NYU (10)</li>
<li>UC Berkeley (10)</li>
<li>Tufts (10)</li>
<li>Carnegie Mellon (9)</li>
<li>Georgetown (10)</li>
<li>USC (9)</li>
<li>UCLA (10)</li>
</ol>

UChicago +1
Carnegie Mellon -1

IronFist · July 7, 2013, 3:52pm

<ol>
<li>Harvard (10)</li>
<li>Yale (10)</li>
<li>Princeton (11)</li>
<li>MIT (8)</li>
<li>Stanford (11)</li>
<li>CalTech (10)</li>
<li>UChicago (11)</li>
<li>Columbia (10)</li>
<li>UPenn (10)</li>
<li>Brown (10)</li>
<li>Cornell (11)</li>
<li>Duke (10)</li>
<li>Dartmouth (10)</li>
<li>NYU (10)</li>
<li>UC Berkeley (10)</li>
<li>Tufts (10)</li>
<li>Carnegie Mellon (9)</li>
<li>Georgetown (10)</li>
<li>USC (9)</li>
<li>UCLA (10)</li>
</ol>

Cornell +1
MIT -1

vonjon86 · July 7, 2013, 3:55pm

<ol>
<li>Harvard (10)</li>
<li>Yale (10)</li>
<li>Princeton (11)</li>
<li>MIT (8)</li>
<li>Stanford (11)</li>
<li>CalTech (10)</li>
<li>UChicago (11)</li>
<li>Columbia (10)</li>
<li>UPenn (10)</li>
<li>Brown (10)</li>
<li>Cornell (11)</li>
<li>Duke (10)</li>
<li>Dartmouth (10)</li>
<li>NYU (11)</li>
<li>UC Berkeley (10)</li>
<li>Tufts (10)</li>
<li>Carnegie Mellon (9)</li>
<li>Georgetown (10)</li>
<li>USC (8)</li>
<li>UCLA (10)</li>
</ol>

NYU +1
USC -1

pkoplik24 · July 7, 2013, 3:56pm

<ol>
<li>Harvard (10)</li>
<li>Yale (11)</li>
<li>Princeton (11)</li>
<li>MIT (8)</li>
<li>Stanford (11)</li>
<li>CalTech (10)</li>
<li>UChicago (11)</li>
<li>Columbia (10)</li>
<li>UPenn (10)</li>
<li>Brown (10)</li>
<li>Cornell (11)</li>
<li>Duke (10)</li>
<li>Dartmouth (10)</li>
<li>NYU (10)</li>
<li>UC Berkeley (10)</li>
<li>Tufts (10)</li>
<li>Carnegie Mellon (9)</li>
<li>Georgetown (10)</li>
<li>USC (8)</li>
<li>UCLA (10)</li>
</ol>

Yale +1
USC -1

surreptitious · July 7, 2013, 4:00pm

<ol>
<li>Harvard (10)</li>
<li>Yale (11)</li>
<li>Princeton (11)</li>
<li>MIT (9)</li>
<li>Stanford (11)</li>
<li>CalTech (10)</li>
<li>UChicago (11)</li>
<li>Columbia (10)</li>
<li>UPenn (10)</li>
<li>Brown (10)</li>
<li>Cornell (10)</li>
<li>Duke (10)</li>
<li>Dartmouth (10)</li>
<li>NYU (10)</li>
<li>UC Berkeley (10)</li>
<li>Tufts (10)</li>
<li>Carnegie Mellon (9)</li>
<li>Georgetown (10)</li>
<li>USC (8)</li>
<li>UCLA (10)</li>
</ol>

MIT +1
Cornell -1

superstarlala · July 7, 2013, 4:03pm

<ol>
<li>Harvard (10)</li>
<li>Yale (11)</li>
<li>Princeton (11)</li>
<li>MIT (9)</li>
<li>Stanford (11)</li>
<li>CalTech (10)</li>
<li>UChicago (12)</li>
<li>Columbia (10)</li>
<li>UPenn (10)</li>
<li>Brown (10)</li>
<li>Cornell (10)</li>
<li>Duke (10)</li>
<li>Dartmouth (10)</li>
<li>NYU (10)</li>
<li>UC Berkeley (10)</li>
<li>Tufts (10)</li>
<li>Carnegie Mellon (9)</li>
<li>Georgetown (9)</li>
<li>USC (8)</li>
<li>UCLA (10)</li>
</ol>

UChicago +1
Georgetown -1

clarinetkid · July 7, 2013, 4:08pm

USC should be at 7… I’ll fix that.

<ol>
<li>Harvard (10)</li>
<li>Yale (12)</li>
<li>Princeton (11)</li>
<li>MIT (9)</li>
<li>Stanford (11)</li>
<li>CalTech (9)</li>
<li>UChicago (12)</li>
<li>Columbia (10)</li>
<li>UPenn (10)</li>
<li>Brown (10)</li>
<li>Cornell (10)</li>
<li>Duke (10)</li>
<li>Dartmouth (10)</li>
<li>NYU (10)</li>
<li>UC Berkeley (10)</li>
<li>Tufts (10)</li>
<li>Carnegie Mellon (9)</li>
<li>Georgetown (9)</li>
<li>USC (7)</li>
<li>UCLA (10)</li>
</ol>

Yale +1
Caltech -1

makeitshine3 · July 7, 2013, 4:12pm

<ol>
<li>Harvard (10)</li>
<li>Yale (12)</li>
<li>Princeton (11)</li>
<li>MIT (9)</li>
<li>Stanford (11)</li>
<li>CalTech (8)</li>
<li>UChicago (12)</li>
<li>Columbia (10)</li>
<li>UPenn (10)</li>
<li>Brown (11)</li>
<li>Cornell (10)</li>
<li>Duke (10)</li>
<li>Dartmouth (10)</li>
<li>NYU (10)</li>
<li>UC Berkeley (10)</li>
<li>Tufts (10)</li>
<li>Carnegie Mellon (9)</li>
<li>Georgetown (9)</li>
<li>USC (7)</li>
<li>UCLA (10)</li>
</ol>

Brown +1
Caltech -1

surreptitious · July 7, 2013, 4:12pm

@clarinetkid - Good catch!

padresgm · July 7, 2013, 4:15pm

<ol>
<li>Harvard (10)</li>
<li>Yale (12)</li>
<li>Princeton (11)</li>
<li>MIT (9)</li>
<li>Stanford (11)</li>
<li>CalTech (8)</li>
<li>UChicago (12)</li>
<li>Columbia (10)</li>
<li>UPenn (10)</li>
<li>Brown (11)</li>
<li>Cornell (10)</li>
<li>Duke (10)</li>
<li>Dartmouth (10)</li>
<li>NYU (10)</li>
<li>UC Berkeley (10)</li>
<li>Tufts (10)</li>
<li>Carnegie Mellon (9)</li>
<li>Georgetown (9)</li>
<li>USC (6)</li>
<li>UCLA (11)</li>
</ol>

UCLA +1
USC -1

ClassOf2015HS · July 7, 2013, 4:21pm

<ol>
<li>Harvard (10)</li>
<li>Yale (12)</li>
<li>Princeton (11)</li>
<li>MIT (9)</li>
<li>Stanford (11)</li>
<li>CalTech (8)</li>
<li>UChicago (12)</li>
<li>Columbia (10)</li>
<li>UPenn (10)</li>
<li>Brown (11)</li>
<li>Cornell (10)</li>
<li>Duke (11)</li>
<li>Dartmouth (10)</li>
<li>NYU (10)</li>
<li>UC Berkeley (10)</li>
<li>Tufts (10)</li>
<li>Carnegie Mellon (9)</li>
<li>Georgetown (9)</li>
<li>USC (5)</li>
<li>UCLA (11)</li>
</ol>

Duke +1
USC -1

Repede · July 7, 2013, 4:22pm

<ol>
<li>Harvard (10)</li>
<li>Yale (12)</li>
<li>Princeton (11)</li>
<li>MIT (10)</li>
<li>Stanford (11)</li>
<li>CalTech (8)</li>
<li>UChicago (12)</li>
<li>Columbia (10)</li>
<li>UPenn (10)</li>
<li>Brown (11)</li>
<li>Cornell (10)</li>
<li>Duke (11)</li>
<li>Dartmouth (10)</li>
<li>NYU (10)</li>
<li>UC Berkeley (10)</li>
<li>Tufts (10)</li>
<li>Carnegie Mellon (9)</li>
<li>Georgetown (9)</li>
<li>USC (4)</li>
<li>UCLA (11)</li>
</ol>

MIT +1
USC -1

omedog · July 7, 2013, 4:23pm

<ol>
<li>Harvard (11)</li>
<li>Yale (12)</li>
<li>Princeton (11)</li>
<li>MIT (9)</li>
<li>Stanford (11)</li>
<li>CalTech (9)</li>
<li>UChicago (12)</li>
<li>Columbia (10)</li>
<li>UPenn (9)</li>
<li>Brown (10)</li>
<li>Cornell (10)</li>
<li>Duke (10)</li>
<li>Dartmouth (10)</li>
<li>NYU (10)</li>
<li>UC Berkeley (10)</li>
<li>Tufts (10)</li>
<li>Carnegie Mellon (9)</li>
<li>Georgetown (9)</li>
<li>USC (7)</li>
<li>UCLA (10)</li>
</ol>

Upenn -1
Harvard +1

Repede · July 7, 2013, 4:24pm

<ol>
<li>Harvard (10)</li>
<li>Yale (12)</li>
<li>Princeton (11)</li>
<li>MIT (10)</li>
<li>Stanford (11)</li>
<li>CalTech (8)</li>
<li>UChicago (12)</li>
<li>Columbia (10)</li>
<li>UPenn (9)</li>
<li>Brown (11)</li>
<li>Cornell (10)</li>
<li>Duke (11)</li>
<li>Dartmouth (10)</li>
<li>NYU (10)</li>
<li>UC Berkeley (10)</li>
<li>Tufts (10)</li>
<li>Carnegie Mellon (10)</li>
<li>Georgetown (9)</li>
<li>USC (4)</li>
<li>UCLA (11)</li>
</ol>

CMU +1
Harvard -1

Repede · July 7, 2013, 4:26pm

<ol>
<li>Harvard (10)</li>
<li>Yale (12)</li>
<li>Princeton (12)</li>
<li>MIT (10)</li>
<li>Stanford (11)</li>
<li>CalTech (8)</li>
<li>UChicago (12)</li>
<li>Columbia (10)</li>
<li>UPenn (9)</li>
<li>Brown (11)</li>
<li>Cornell (10)</li>
<li>Duke (11)</li>
<li>Dartmouth (10)</li>
<li>NYU (9)</li>
<li>UC Berkeley (10)</li>
<li>Tufts (10)</li>
<li>Carnegie Mellon (10)</li>
<li>Georgetown (9)</li>
<li>USC (4)</li>
<li>UCLA (11)</li>
</ol>

Princeton +1
NYU -1

surreptitious · July 7, 2013, 4:27pm

<ol>
<li>Harvard (10)</li>
<li>Yale (12)</li>
<li>Princeton (11)</li>
<li>MIT (10)</li>
<li>Stanford (11)</li>
<li>CalTech (8)</li>
<li>UChicago (12)</li>
<li>Columbia (11)</li>
<li>UPenn (9)</li>
<li>Brown (11)</li>
<li>Cornell (10)</li>
<li>Duke (11)</li>
<li>Dartmouth (10)</li>
<li>NYU (9)</li>
<li>UC Berkeley (10)</li>
<li>Tufts (10)</li>
<li>Carnegie Mellon (10)</li>
<li>Georgetown (9)</li>
<li>USC (4)</li>
<li>UCLA (11)</li>
</ol>

Columbia +1
Princeton -1

Repede · July 7, 2013, 4:27pm

<ol>
<li>Harvard (10)</li>
<li>Yale (11)</li>
<li>Princeton (11)</li>
<li>MIT (10)</li>
<li>Stanford (12)</li>
<li>CalTech (8)</li>
<li>UChicago (12)</li>
<li>Columbia (11)</li>
<li>UPenn (9)</li>
<li>Brown (11)</li>
<li>Cornell (10)</li>
<li>Duke (11)</li>
<li>Dartmouth (10)</li>
<li>NYU (9)</li>
<li>UC Berkeley (10)</li>
<li>Tufts (10)</li>
<li>Carnegie Mellon (10)</li>
<li>Georgetown (9)</li>
<li>USC (4)</li>
<li>UCLA (11)</li>
</ol>

Stanford +1
Yale -1

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