How do the LAC and National University Rankings Converge?

<p>fwiw (arguably, not much), here are the top 50 schools by SAT (avg of the USNews reported 25%ile and 75%ile of CR+M, fall '07 freshman)</p>

<p>1 Cal Tech 1525
2 Harvard 1495
2 Harvey Mudd 1495
2 Yale 1495
5 Princeton 1485
6 MIT 1470
7 Pomona 1455
8 Columbia 1450
8 Swarthmore 1450
8 Wash U 1450
11 Stanford 1445
12 Dartmouth 1440
12 Duke 1440
14 Northwestern 1435
15 Amherst 1430
15 Brown 1430
15 Chicago 1430
15 Penn 1430
15 Williams 1430
20 Rice 1420
21 Tufts 1415
22 Notre Dame 1405
23 Carleton 1400
23 Claremont McK 1400
25 Cornell 1395
25 Georgetown 1395
25 JHU 1395
25 Middlebury 1395
25 Wesleyan 1395
30 Carnegie Mellon 1390
30 Haverford 1390
30 Reed 1390
30 Vanderbilt 1390
30 Wellesley 1390
35 Bowdoin 1385
35 Emory 1385
35 Vassar 1385
35 Wash & Lee 1385
39 Brandeis 1370
39 Hamilton 1370
41 Oberlin 1365
41 USC 1365
43 Colby 1360
43 Grinnell 1360
43 Scripps 1360
46 Davidson 1355
47 Barnard 1350
47 William&Mary 1350
49 UC Berkeley 1345
50 Colgate 1340</p>