<p>Rhodes College is NOT ANYTHING like an Ivy League school. The most obvious indicator of this is that its average SAT score is a 1920, whereas that of even the least selective Ivy (Cornell) is 2090. (The most selective’s is 2240). It’s ranked 49 among Liberal Arts Colleges by US News, whereas the Ivies are ranked 1-14 among National Universities. Northwestern is also ranked 14 and has a high average SAT score (2110) and low acceptance rate (27%). Rhodes’s is 51%.</p>
<p>I mean, it’s not a bad school–50% of its students were in the top 10th percent of their graduating class. However, for Ivies and Northwestern, ~85%+ are. . . . </p>
<p>Lastly, it costs just as much as a top school, but they will give you much, much less financial aid. Basically, if you’re accepted to both Northwestern and Rhodes, you’ll pay more to go to a less selective, less prestigious, and, well, less “good,” school. I mean, it’s not even close.</p>