So here are my predictions for what the next USNEWS rankings will be… I have made these after gathering some data on the various applicant pools of the different schools and some other factors, however these are still just guesses. So here they are!
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I’m sure many will disgaree with me, but I just thought it would be interesting to see what people predict next year’s rankings will be. 
<p>Yeah, I guess I mostly agree with this list.</p>
<p>It will be interesting to see what they actually are next year, even if I think they don't really mean anything. ;)</p>
<p>Oops! I forgot:</p>
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22. Vanderbilt
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<p>i like your top ten but i would make a few changes after that</p>
<p>With some help from various posters on these boards, I have updated the predicted rankings-</p>
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1. Princeton</p>
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<li><p>Harvard</p></li>
<li><p>Yale</p></li>
<li><p>Stanford
MIT</p></li>
<li><p>UPenn
Columbia</p></li>
<li><p>Duke
Dartmouth
CalTech</p></li>
<li><p>Brown</p></li>
<li><p>Northwestern
UChicago
Cornell</p></li>
<li><p>Johns Hopkins
WUSTL</p></li>
<li><p>Berkeley
Vanderbilt
Rice</p></li>
<li><p>Emory
Georgetown
UCLA</p></li>
<li><p>Virginia
Wake Forest</p></li>
<li><p>Notre Dame
Michigan
Carnegie Mellon
Tufts
USC
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<p>my precious duke went down!!!!! lol jk</p>
<p>the 1st ones seem correct.</p>
<p>The rankings this fall will use class of '08 admissions data (US News is always a year behind). Johns Hopkins will likely move up from it's #14 spot. JHU's SATs and class rank data for it's current freshman class improved from fall 2003 to fall 2004 (it's selectivity rank will go up). Also, JHU's freshman retention rate improved from 95% to 96%, it's alumni giving rate increased, and its faculty resources rank will improve- because faculty salaries have increased substantially this past year under JHU's new plan. JHU will most likely move up from #14 (not down)- but whether it will move into the Top 10 may depend on whether it receives a 4.6 or a 4.7 peer assessment score. Two Nobel Prize winners this past year were from JHU and 2 of the 8 Presidential Science Award winners this year were from Johns Hopkins (more than any other school). There are also a lot of prominent leaders associated with Johns Hopkins today including the mayor of NYC, the Sec. of the US Treasury, the head of the World Bank, CEO of IMB, Board at Time Warner, etc.</p>
<p>i think yale will move to number one!!!!!!!</p>
<p>I think Emory University should be in the top 15 at least.</p>
<p>when does the new rank come out?</p>
<p>also: why is berkeley going up and carnegie down?</p>
<p>Why would UMich go down from #22 when it had its most competitive year of applications yet?</p>
<p>LOL stan. Yale will not be no. 1. Everything was pretty much the same for them this year. I think Harvard will take the no. 1 spot, Upenn and Duke will be tied for 5th or 8th, and Caltech will remain the same.</p>
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Why would UMich go down from #22 when it had its most competitive year of applications yet?
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<p>This is true of all colleges. Every year is the most competitive year yet.</p>
<p>duke is way too high.</p>
<p>Why would Carnegie go down?? and Georgetown as well as USC moving up a few spots. UCLA beating michigan??
And what's the reason behind berk moving up in ranks</p>
<p>LOL I am very biased as a future dukie myself, but why is duke too high?</p>
<p>ummm i don't think duke is tooooo high</p>
<p>I agree with the rankings. UCLA should be higher than UMich.</p>
<p>I agree with soloboe, why would Carnegie go down after US News is about to eliminate some of the main factors that hurt it's ranking (yield, selectivity, etc)?</p>
<p>It should be:</p>
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<li>Yale</li>
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<p>:D</p>