<p>If you could group the following schools into selectivity categories id really appreciate it.</p>
<p>Trinity College, Colgate, Dickinson, Holy Cross, Bucknell, Bard, Colby, Bates, Bowdoin, Tufts, Conn College, Macalester, Vassar, Hamilton, BC, Cornell, Johns Hopkins, Chicago, Northwestern, UVA + William and Mary (out of state), Emory, and Gtown.</p>
<p>I know its a long and diverse list but im interested in each school for one reason or another, thanks alot.</p>
<p>Trinity, Colgate, Dickinson, Holy Cross, Buck, Bard, Colby, Bates, Bowdoin, Conn College, Macalester, Vassar, Ham, BC = I GOT NO CLUE</p>
<p>I would say: </p>
<p>match: /UVA/William and Marry</p>
<p>match/low reach: Tufts/Gtown/Hopkins</p>
<p>reach: Cornell/NW/Chicago</p>
<p>i wouldve figured that UVA and Will+Mary would be on the same selectivity level as Tufts, Gtown considering that im out of state...</p>
<p>how bout the others?</p>
<p>you know the best way to figrue this out, go to PrincetonReview.com and use this tool called the counselor-o-matic, they'll tell you where each school stacks up against your stats and seperate them into reaches, matches, and safeties.</p>
<p>To compare schools, I also recommend campusdirt.com. Be wary though, as both that site and princetonreview.com have inaccurate statistics in a lot of places.</p>
<p>yeah i was gona say that PR is really inaccurate. When a school like UCSB has a selectivity rating of 98 (the same as schools like Johns Hopkins, UChicago, Gtown, etc) you know theres something wrong.</p>
<p>im mostly unsure about the LACs. If someone could break them down and place them with the big names id really appreciate it. For example: Colby, Bates and Tufts in one group (although i would say that Tufts is a lil more selective).</p>
<p>Cornell, Johns Hopkins, Chicago, Northwestern, </p>
<p>UVA + William and Mary (out of state), Colgate, Colby, Bates, Bowdoin, Tufts, Vassar, G town</p>
<p>Bard, Trinity, Macalester,Hamilton, Emory,</p>
<p>Bucknell, Dickinson,Conn College, </p>
<p>Holy Cross, BC</p>
<p>The selectivity rankings of US News are about the only useful rankings they offer. (Plenty of good information there, but their rankings are typically bogus. DO NOT rely on the selectivity ratings of PR. . .they are hopeless.) </p>
<p>Tough to compare selectivity between LACs and unis but
regardless, here is a rough guide to your schools using the most recent US News material:</p>
<p>TOUGHEST - Georgetown, Emory, Northwestern, W&M (out of state), UVa (out of state), Cornell</p>
<p>VERY TOUGH - Bowdoin, Vassar (for a female), JHU, Tufts, U of Chicago</p>
<p>TOUGH - Colgate, Vassar (for a male), Macalester, Hamilton, Bates, Boston College, Bard, Bucknell, Holy Cross</p>
<p>verging on REASONABLE - Trinity, Conn College, Dickinson</p>
<p>reidm - can you please list the USnews selectivity ranking?</p>
<p>ok heres my grouping, tell me what you guys think.</p>
<ol>
<li><p>Bucknell, trinity, BC, Conn College</p></li>
<li><p>Hamilton, Colgate, Bates</p></li>
<li><p>Gtown, Bowdoin, Tufts, Emory</p></li>
<li><p>Vassar, Cornell, Johns Hopkins</p></li>
<li><p>Northwestern, Chicago, Penn, Brown</p></li>
<li><p>WashU, Williams, Middlebury</p></li>
</ol>
<p>I think you should go to the Princeton Review site, and look up the average SATs, top 10%, and acceptance rate - they are extremely accurate for these, with data provided by the schools themselves. You don't need us for that.</p>
<p>mini - actually thats pretty much how i formed the preceding groupings. I just want to know from personal experience, if these groupings are fairly accurate.</p>
<p>Well - for that you'd have to ask the schools, not us - THEY provide the data.</p>
<p>the schools are gona tell me the other institutions that are comparable in terms of selectivity? I dont see it happening.</p>
<p>Nwestern and Chicago are NOT in the same category as Penn and Brown. HELL NOOOOOOOOO.</p>
<p>Penn and Brown are the most selective schools on that list save Williams.</p>
<p>Wash U more selective than Brown and Penn, who ru kidddddding.</p>
<p>ok heres my grouping, tell me what you guys think.</p>
<ol>
<li><p>Bucknell, trinity, BC, Conn College</p></li>
<li><p>Hamilton, Colgate, Bates</p></li>
<li><p>Bowdoin, Tufts, Vassar</p></li>
<li><p>Gtown, Emory, Wash U</p></li>
<li><p>Johns Hopkins, Middleburry </p></li>
<li><p>Chicago/NW/Cornell</p></li>
<li><p>Penn, Brown, Williams</p></li>
</ol>
<p>listen, u can't just go by SAT score as a measure selectivity. Chicago's sat average is probably higher than UPenn, Brown, Cornell, Columbia. However, selectivity, it isn't as selective as these schools. Top 10 percent, only 70-80 percent of Chicago's freshman class are in the top 10 percent of their class. Chicago values the essay a lot more than these schools do. Their admissions is quite different. In addition, it has a 40 percent acceptance rate compared to the 15 percent acceptance rate at Brown. I got accepted to Chicago, NW, JHU, and Cornell, but not at Penn or Brown.</p>
<p>collegekid - what about UVA?</p>
<p>UVA out of state is on par with 5/6</p>