<p>Rate these schools on selectivity in terms of average GPA, SAT, etc. Don't just take into account the acceptance rate since that doesn't tell it all, some schools may have more qualified applicants.</p>
<p>So between UPenn CAS, Duke, Georgetown and Northwestern please tell me the order of selectivity in you opinion and please state why.</p>
<p>thanks@!</p>
<p>Penn CAS, Duke, Northwestern, Georgetown</p>
<p>What a silly idea! Rank selectivity, but don’t take account of the most relevant statistic? And in any event, why would you care? The colleges are all very close to one another in the students they attract and the difficulty of admission. They reasons why you would choose to apply to one rather than another ought to have nothing to do with selectivity (especially selectivity measured in a totally artificial way), when there are far more important grounds on which they can be differentiated from one another,</p>
<p>upenn (ivy, old college, high ACT/SAT scores), duke (top notch programs, next highest ACT/SAT scores), northwestern (also great programs, location, following highest ACT/SAT scores), georgetown (good programs too, lowest out of all of them)</p>
<p>this is not a smart thing to do. it varies person to person unless you are a PERFECT applicant. for example, i got into penn, duke, northwestern, but waitlisted at georgetown. does that make it the most selective of all of them? not necessarily. and not only is this a poor exercise, but the selectivity of the school is wholly irrelevant (considering all the numbers are in the same general range).</p>
<p>axc, what was your act score and gpa? Also, what were your extracurriculars?</p>
<p>I agree with courts, but all are great schools. I know some almost perfect applicants who got outright rejected ED from Ivies. I do think that if your scores are too perfect, and you don’t seem to have keen interest, some schools will just reject you.</p>
<p>Also, my personal experience at a not that good department at a school with a decent reputation is that we let in students with lower stats than say the flagship departments. That may matter.</p>
<p>For test scores:</p>
<p>1 Penn
2a Duke
2b Northwestern (a virtual tie…)
4 Georgetown</p>
<p>This is a 3 year old thread that has been resurrected. The OP ended up going to Boston College. </p>