St Olaf breaks into the top fifty US NEWS

Colleges and Universities A-Z Saint Olaf College
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<p>St Olaf broke the top fifty Us news reports - as I predicted it was shooting for last year.</p>

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As F and M, Depauw and other colleges were stricken previously from the Colleges that Change Lives book for becoming TOO selective*, Olaf is thisclose to losing its everyman stripes. It seems to be that they are 'a gunnin' to break into the top 50 in the vaunted USNR rankings,...

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<p>I'm sure that they'll be pleased. </p>

<p>I remember reading an announcement earlier this year begging alumni to donate because the amount of alumni that donate affect the USNWR ranking. </p>

<p>Tied with Skidmore, interesting. :-)</p>

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<p>In addition to amount of alumni giving, a lower acceptance rate also positively affects the USNR rankings. The other way of saying lower acceptance rate is a higher rejection rate.</p>