<p>Sakky, only three universities (H,P and Y) really give their students a better shot at the Rhodes scholarship. It so happens that those are three of the top 5 universities in the US. Clearly, if a student gets into one of those schools, barring any financial restrictions or complete social incompatibility, she/he should go for it. But the dropoff in the number of Rhodes produced by an institution drops significantly after those three schools.</p>