<p>Noob, I took Hawkette’s methodology and applied it to the USNWR top 100. I’ve seen her/his work re. top 50 lists. I was curious to see what would happen to some current USNWR top 50 schools and those not in the top 50 when going all the way down the list of 100 using Hawkette’s criteria. As I surmised, there were some real eye opening shifts in positions – some schools jumping (i.e. Tulane and BYU) and others plummeting (UC schools). Other schools’ rankings held true to USNWR.</p>