<p>U.S</a>. News Rankings Through the Years</p>
<p>Rank 3, tied with Yale.</p>
<p>Comment on it's peak ranking, why it dropped to 8, why US News rankings suck, etc.</p>
<p>Because US News & World Report rankings are not that precise. The difference between 4-10 is negligible and most schools fluctuate a lot through the years for no discernible reason. UChicago has jumped like 15 spots in the past two years or so for no particular reason.....</p>
<p>Well, Duke is still an academic beast...:rolleyes:</p>
<p>There is no difference among the top 10...hell probably the top 15...</p>
<p>I really like this post, thanks! Haha Caltech zooming to number 1 in 2000. It must have been the Y2K bug, they hacked it! </p>
<p>(It's a joke guys, don't take it too far)</p>
<p>USNews should rank schools on a weekly basis, like the AP for college basketball.</p>
<p>"Aww it looks like Harvard got another idiot speaker. That's definitely going to hurt them in the seeding." -ESPNU</p>
<p>duke is more of an academic beast than ever before.</p>
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Because US News & World Report rankings are not that precise. The difference between 4-10 is negligible and most schools fluctuate a lot through the years for no discernible reason. UChicago has jumped like 15 spots in the past two years or so for no particular reason.....
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<p>Er, what chart are you looking at? The lowest UChicago has been ranked in those years is 15th.</p>
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<p>You're right, my mistake. I had thought I had heard they had a crazy jump, but I guess it was only 6 spots in one year. Perhaps I was thinking of some other school...in any event, there are still too many fluctuations that it brings into doubt the precise nature of the rankings. I still stand by that.</p>
<p>Caltech jumped 18 spaces from 21 to 3 in the '88-'89 year.</p>