TOP 50 By USNews for 2006 - from a prematurely-issued copy of the book:

Colleges and Universities A-Z Yale University
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<p>(Second number - change from last year)</p>

<p>1 Harvard University 0</p>

<p>1 Princeton University 0</p>

<p>3 Yale University 0</p>

<p>4 University of Pennsylvania 0</p>

<p>5 Duke University 0</p>

<p>5 Stanford University 0</p>

<p>7 California Institute of Technology +1</p>

<p>7 Massachusetts Institute of Technology -2</p>

<p>9 Columbia University 0</p>

<p>9 Dartmouth College 0</p>

<p>11 Washington University in St Louis 0</p>

<p>12 Northwestern University -1</p>

<p>13 Cornell University +1</p>

<p>13 John Hopkins University +1</p>

<p>15 Brown University -2</p>

<p>15 University of Chicago -1</p>

<p>17 Rice University 0</p>

<p>18 University of Notre Dame 0</p>

<p>18 Vanderbilt University -1</p>

<p>20 Emory University 0</p>

<p>20 University of California/Berkeley +1</p>

<p>22 Carnegie Mellon University 0</p>

<p>23 Georgetown +2</p>

<p>University of Virginia -1</p>

<p>25 University of California/Los Angeles 0</p>

<p>University of Michigan/Ann Arbor -3</p>

<p>27 Tufts University +1</p>

<p>University of North Carolina/Chapel Hill +2</p>

<p>Wake Forest University 0</p>

<p>30 University of Southern California 0</p>

<p>31 William & Mary Univeristy 0</p>

<p>Lehigh University +6</p>

<p>University of California/San Diego +4</p>

<p>34 University of Wisconsin/Madison -2</p>

<p>Brandeis University -2</p>

<p>University of Rochester +3</p>

<p>37 Case Western Reserve University -2</p>

<p>Georgia Institute of Technology +4</p>

<p>New York University -5</p>

<p>40 Boston College -3</p>

<p>University of California/Irvine +3</p>

<p>42 University of Illinois/Urbana Champaign -5</p>

<p>43 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute +3</p>

<p>Tulane Universty 0</p>

<p>45 University of California/Santa Barbara 0</p>

<p>Washington University +1</p>

<p>Yeshiva University +1</p>

<p>48 Pennsylvania State University/University Park +2</p>

<p>University of California/Davis -6</p>

<p>50 Syracuse University +2</p>

<p>University of Florida 0</p>

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<p>Biggest Gainers:</p>

<p>Lehigh Univeristy +6</p>

<p>Georgia Institute of Technology +4</p>

<p>UC San Diego +4</p>

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<p>Biggest Losers:</p>

<p>UC Davis -6</p>

<p>University of Illinois -5</p>

<p>New York University -5</p>

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<p>Can you confirm this??</p>

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<p>curious how princeton didn't budge even though their acceptance rate increased</p>

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<p>It'll all be online some time after midnight, tonight.</p>

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<p>Stanford again fails to gain ground in a heavily biased system.</p>

<p>Let's rank academix excellence, not "faculty resources" or "alumni giving rate."</p>

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<p>i was actually thinking the same thing. there are so many nuances in the system--lots of superscript little qualifiers next to the percentages of lots of colleges' stats. its a little frightening how numerical and impersonal it all is.</p>

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<p>Yale's overall score actually dropped a point this year. Last year it was 99% compared to Princeton and Harvard's 100%.</p>

<p>This year, it's a point lower at 98%. </p>

<p>Nonetheless, still a strong and formidable # 3 (if you even believe these rankings are worth keeping track of... which I do! lol)</p>

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<p>I since a little bitterness among the Yalies...I'm actually surprised that Stanford did not surpass (or at least tie) with Yale</p>

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<p>why did princeton's average stay the same even though their acceptance rate increased. Both Harvard and Yale's dropped.</p>

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<p>The acceptance rates for last years rankings were taken from 2001, so I'm guessing that the new ones are from 2002 and not this year. And I think the real loser in this bunch is MIT, not Stanford. While I do think Stanford deserves to be ranked higher due to academic excellence(definitely ahead of Duke and probably Penn), US News doesn't seem to take into account the fact that so many of the new technologies we take for granted today were devised at MIT. Many of the worlds most successful entrepreneurs and inventors come out of MIT. Typically, well educated foreign students with a desire to study in America(and a good majority of Chinese and Indians want to go into math, science, or engineering) MIT and Harvard immediately come to mind when thinking of the top Universities. In addition to ranking academic excellence, I think the fact that a schools environment encourages innovation, leadership, and use of new technology also needs to be taken into account, which is why my rankings would look more like this:</p>

<p>1.Harvard
2.MIT
3.Princeton/Yale/Stanford
6. Penn
7. Dartmouth/CU/JHU</p>

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<p>princeton could have a 50% acceptance rate and the editors at u.s. news would still rank it above yale. </p>

<p>duke is not close to the level of penn, and penn is even farther from stanford.</p>

<p>the rankings have absolutely nothing to do with reality.</p>

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<p>well put, matt.</p>

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<p>Stop denigrating Princeton, I know you are all jealous but the disparaging comments need to end immediately. Princeton has won more Putnam's than Yale (even with a smaller student body), attracts more IMO qualifiers and students of that ilk than Yale. (and has won a slew of other collegiate-level awards in areas in which only PHMC can compete) I don't understand where this underlying resentment stems, but whatever the origin there is absolutely no excuse to be "hating" on a school of Princeton's caliber.</p>

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<p>yea, and the funny thing is, Yale and Princeton have virtually identical acceptance rates, so I don't know why people are ranting on about how easy it is to get into P-ton.</p>

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<p>they aren't virtually identical. There's a reason why princeton is still on that old scheme of binding their early applicants. </p>

<p>Yale also has a higher RD yield than princeton. (I know it's not included in the rankings, but it does say something about where more kids wnat to go)</p>

<p>we're not debating whehter or not princeton is necesarily bettre than yale. Both are excellent, and it's a moot point at that. </p>

<p>Last time i checked, the number of putnam winners, IMO qualifiers, and "others of that ilk" wasn't included in US News Rankings.</p>

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<p>No dude it's definitely included, I think you just missed it</p>

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<p>Percentage-wise, Princeton also has a larger portion of its facutly in the National Academies than Yale does, has a much better student-faculty ratio, is ranked higher in terms of faculty resources, and in terms of per-capita endowment, Princeton is far wealthier than Yale and thus can spend more capital on individual students/academics. </p>

<p>And also, in response to all this talk about Yale having a lower acceptance rate than Princeton, lets not forget that if you looked at the 2005 rankings, Princeton's acceptance rate was lower than Yale's and no Princeton student ever said it was "easy" to get into Yale. The rankings are based on much more than simply who has the lowest acceptance rate (which only indicates who can better market their school with propaganda)-- the only thing which I believe Yale beats Princeton in.</p>

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<p>Thanks for informing me that Putnam wasn't included in the USNEWS report. The yield difference is nominal, and hardly makes yale "bettre" than Princeton. In fact, since you are so concerned about adhering solely to USNEWS standards let's not discuss yield. Princeton has long dominated the USNEWS reports. I myself do not find these rankings as the best indicator of college excellence, but it is the best contemporary method. It's fine if you don't want to discuss Princeton's and Harvard's preeminence in the rankings. Consequently, I decided to insert other factors into the debate (IMO, PUTNAM). Either way, Princeton comes out on top of Yale. So pick your poison. First you hate the rankings. But then you cry foul play after I discuss Putnam and others. I'm willing to alter the theme of the debate however you so desire, because Princeton will come out ahead any way.</p>

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<p>Yet in most of the important measures when discussing admissions, namely the WSJ rankings and the Revealed Preference statistics, Yale far outpaces Princeton. </p>

<p>In terms of attracting the top students, Yale does a much better job, "propaganda" or not.</p>

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<p>Oh, so the 6 RSI Students who chose Princeton in comparison to the paltry couple who chose Yale are somehow inferior? The number of IMO matriculants at Pton is also substantially higher. But who am I to say these are "quality" applicants.</p>