<p>does anyone have a clue on this topic?</p>
<p>all that comes to mind right now is Stanford, USC and Pepperdine</p>
<ol>
<li>Stanford</li>
<li>Pomona</li>
<li>Claremont McKenna</li>
<li>USC</li>
<li>Harvey Mudd</li>
<li>Pepperdine</li>
<li>Occidental</li>
<li>Pitzer</li>
<li>Univ. of San Diego</li>
<li>Santa Clara</li>
<li>Loyola Marymount (i added this one, bc LMU is my favorite school in california)</li>
</ol>
<p>Don't forget Caltech! :eek:</p>
<p>it's right after LMU. ;)</p>
<p>Oh yeah I completely forgot CalTech. That would go in the area of Stanford and Pomona. </p>
<p>And LMU should definitely be at the top of everyone's list.</p>
<p>Caltech is number 2</p>
<p>Deep Springs has admissions standards that are comparable to those of Stanford, CalTech, or Pomona. It is a junior college, however.</p>
<p>Not sure how the rankings in Post 3 were derived. Many people would perceive Harvey Mudd as more selective than USC or CMC</p>
<p>Bump up Mudd to tied with Pomona and those rankings are accurate.</p>
<p>I think Chapman is probably on the same tier as USD and LMU.
Well above them if you're majoring in anything media-related.</p>
<p>I calculated midpoint SAT scores for California private colleges based on the SAT data from collegeboard.com. Here are the Top 10 that I found based on "critical reading" SAT scores:</p>
<p>(1) Deep Springs
(2) Caltech
(3) Pomona
(4) Harvey Mudd
(5) Stanford
(6) Claremont McKenna
(6) Scripps
(8) USC
(9) Thomas Aquinas
(10) Occidental</p>
<p>And here are the Top 10 that I found, based on midpoint math SAT scores:</p>
<p>(1) Caltech
(2) Harvey Mudd
(3) Deep Springs
(3) Stanford
(5) Pomona
(6) USC
(7) Claremont McKenna
(8) Scripps
(9) Occidental
(10) Pepperdine</p>
<p>I would put scripps on that first list, directly above pitzer</p>
<p>LAC's should probably be their own list....</p>
<ol>
<li>Deep Springs</li>
<li>Harvey Mudd</li>
<li>Pomona</li>
<li>Claremont</li>
<li><p>Occidental</p></li>
<li><p>Cal Tech</p></li>
<li><p>Stanford</p></li>
<li><p>University of Southern California</p></li>
<li><p>Pepperdine</p></li>
<li><p>University of San Diego</p></li>
</ol>
<p>Oh, and I'd make Pitzer an Honorable Mention for the 1st list and Santa Clara Honorable Mention for the 2nd one.....</p>
<p>Everyone is entitled to their opinion. But in terms of SATs... </p>
<p>Scripps outscores Occidental and Pitzer
Thomas Aquinas outscores Pitzer
Santa Clara outscores San Diego</p>
<p>Let's not forget: Higher SAT does not mean better school..........</p>
<p>No, but at least it's an objective criterion. Everyone else seems to be going on gut feelings.</p>
<p>I suppose we could try US News Rankings for LACs...which also put Scripps (#26) well ahead of Occidental (#36) or Pitzer (#51). Admittedly Thomas Aquinas does not fare as well in this regard (#73).</p>
<p>what about USF??</p>
<p>Chapman University should be included in the top 10 private universities in California. Chapman has excellent professors. Check out these news articles by Chapman News:</p>
<p>“Chapman University School of Law Professor Kurt Eggert will testify tomorrow, Sept. 23, before the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission during its Sacramento Field Hearing. The commission was created by the Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act of 2009. Its purpose is to examine the causes of the current financial and economic crisis in the United States and the causes of the collapse of major financial institutions. Commission members include Phil Angelides (Chair), Brooksley Born and Sen. Bob Graham, among others. Professor Eggert has been asked to provide his analysis and views on how securitization affected mortgage origination practices, increased the level of risk in the financial system and affected the extent of foreclosures.
Other experts who will testify or have already testified include Joseph Stiglitz (Columbia, economics), Randall Kroszner (University of Chicago, economics) Gary Gorton (Yale, finance), Markus Brunnermeier (Princeton, economics), Simon Johnson (MIT, entrepreneurship), John Taylor (Stanford, economics), Martin Baily (Brookings Institution, economics), and Hal Scott (Harvard Law).
The commissions findings and conclusions are expected to be presented to the President by Dec. 15.”</p>
<p>“Eastman among top legal scholars previewing new Supreme Court term
October 6, 2010
John Eastman, Chapman University School of Law professor and former dean, participated in a distinguished panel reviewing the important cases the U.S. Supreme Court will hear during its 2010 term.
Eastman was one of the nations top legal scholars who presented the third annual U.S. Supreme Court Preview last week at the USC Gould School of Law. Eastman was joined by Kathleen Sullivan of Stanford Law School and Rebecca Brown of USC.”</p>