<p>no, that’s not true.</p>
<p>All of the data has been a year old in the last few versions. If that continues, the decrease in selectivity won’t be reflected in the rankings until 2010.</p>
<p>so CAS is harder to get into than engineering?</p>
<p>Technically, but u have to look at these #s knowing that admissions officers look at fit so if yr all business or yr all English and u apply 2 engineering, that might not go down so well. Just apply 2 the school that’s best 4 u. no one will want u to come to a school that’s not where u should be.</p>
<p>For engineering you have to be a bit more specialized. Your stats need to show a strength in math and science and your ECs probably should be more science oriented. For CAS you can really do anything so long as you’re a strong overall student. </p>
<p>I would say you need to be an equally strong student for each. There are just fewer people applying for each SEAS spot compared to the number of applicants for CAS spots, so if you can be competitive for both, you have a better probability of getting into SEAS than CAS .</p>
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<p>Doubt it. HYPS will remain at the top for quite a while.</p>
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<p>Indeed. If US News ever dared to have one of them NOT at the top, the ranking itself would lose its credibility. So all the studies HAVE to put them at the top, as that is what the public expects. A lovely, seemingly unbreakable racket HYPS have built up for themselves.</p>
<p>Then again, once upon a time, General Motors and AT&T seemed the same way…</p>
<p>^ Actually, Penn was ranked at #4 above Stanford for a year or two a few years ago (and tied with Stanford at #4 for another year or two). As far as I recall, neither Penn nor Stanford–nor the entire known universe for that matter–ceased to exist as a result (although I’m not COMPLETELY sure about that part :p).</p>