*Official USNEWS top 50 College Predictions*

<p>Why do you think Duke will be out of Top? They had the lowest admit rate this year (17%) and had the second most number of applicants.</p>

<p>The lowest admit rate for their school’s history, you mean.</p>

<p>Duke would probably be 7 on my list.</p>

<p>Tufts is #2 in my heart!</p>

<p>Up:
Brown
Cornell
Columbia
NYU
BC
Georgetown</p>

<p>Down:
Upenn
Duke
WashU
Carnegie Mellon
Lehigh</p>

<p>Yale will never come before Princeton, lol.</p>

<p>Michigan gets back into the top 25, NYU breaks into the top 30, Berkeley breaks top 20 finally, Emory drops a little bit, Top 10 remains relatively the same, maybe a few subtle changes, Cornell and Northwestern will be right outside the top 10 if not pushing top 10</p>

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<p>we’ll see about that… :)</p>

<p>No way Yale will ever come before Princeton.</p>

<p>:P</p>

<p>The ratings are based on numbers that are at least a year old, correct? So events that occurred this academic year wont likely change things dramatically. Tulane, for instance, dropped down out of the top 50 about 2-3 yrs after Katrina and its impact on Tulane’s admissions. In the last few years admissions at Tulane have changed dramatically-- significant (more than 100%) increases in applications, SAT scores of accepted students are notably higher, and acceptance rates are now in the low 20s. I would hope/expect that Tulane will jump back solidly into the top 50, and get back to rankings it held before Katrina. Whether schools move up or down by one or 2 in the rankings really doesnt matter. And with the peer review problems that were exposed (see the thread about the UF president’s peer review rankings-- its pretty funny, an a sad way), hopefully all will realize to take this stuff with a grain of salt.</p>

<p>I think Princeton knows it’s going to take a hit for a year or two because it expanded the size of its freshman class, but it’s nothing to lose sleep over. They may even drop to 4th, but it will only be temporary.</p>

<p>If it’s based off of acceptance rates and that type of stuff from last year, I do not see Cornell moving up.</p>

<p>I know that I may be a bit biased, but I have reason behind believing that University of Maryland may move up 1 or 2 spots this year. Their acceptance rate for the past 2 years has dropped about 10% per year, thus making it a lot more selective and giving it a higher score according to USNWR.</p>

<p>Heres hoping Rice, Georgetown, Tufts, William & Mary, and Wake Forest get the respect they deserve this year. Each one should be at least 5-10 spots better than in the past.</p>

<p>what are peoples thoughts on wake forest rising? It seems like a phenomenal school with a really solid undergrad business/accounting program, but its acceptance rate has always been pretty high. I never understood how it isnt on par with top southern schools like UVA or vandy. Does the high acceptance rate mean they are taking underqualified students, not attracting the top students or just get a lot of good applicants and accept from a small pool? Also while the new statistics dont go into this years rankings, how will dropping the SAT requirement effect their rankings in 2011? Whats it going to take for it to be a premier university, like top 20?</p>

<p>The Ohio State University moves into top-50</p>

<p>i predict that it won’t be identical to any past usnews rankings.</p>

<p>Wake Forest in leagues with UVA or Vandy?? You got to be kidding me. Wake forest is more on par with Penn state and a little lower in prestige to UNC.</p>

<p>Wake forest is in the same league as NYU :)</p>

<p>Wake is slightly below UVa in prestige but could make a superior education argument due to small size, but has already passed UNC. That happened years ago.</p>

<p>I hope a non-ivy takes the top spot.</p>