Selectivity Rankings for 4 LACs

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<p>Hi. I don't have a copy of the USNWR, but was hoping that someone who does could post the selectivity (as opposed to overall) rankings for the following LACs:</p>

<p>Grinnell
Colorado College
Bates
Whitman</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

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<p>Grinnell, Bates and Whitman are categorized as “more selective” while Colorado College is “most selective”. USNWR doesn’t assign a number to selectivity.</p>

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<p>^They do, actually, though the exact methodology isn’t published. This is an interesting post combining selectivity rankings for LACs and universities <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/687793-selectivity-ranking-national-us-lacs-combined-usnews-method.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/687793-selectivity-ranking-national-us-lacs-combined-usnews-method.html&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>They are all pretty close in selectivity. If you are a likely admit at one then you probably are fairly likely at all.</p>

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<p>Grinnell is most selective (selectivity has greatly increased recently)
Colorado College (close second to Grinnell, but slightly lower test scores/GPA)
Bates (close to CC)
Whitman (high stats average SAT around 2100, but high acceptance rate because of low #'s apply)</p>