<p>Where do you think Fordham will place on the new US News ranking that will be out in the end of August.</p>
<p>I don't find it that important, US News rankings do more harm than good in my opinion.</p>
<p>But if I had to say, probably in the 50s.</p>
<p>Well...that would be super, because Fr. McShane and his "plan" clearly has the top 50 as his immediate goal, and Fordham was #67 last year in a very tough "division" of National Universities. If I were a guessing person I would say Fordham moves up 6 or 7 spots. But of course as we rise, it means we have to replace someone and the others "fall". Hard to do. Part of that is SAT scores at Fordham which are rising rapidly. But its also other factors and 25% of the USNWR rankings depends on peer assessment....meaning what other schools say about us. Tough league.</p>
<p>(By "in the 50s," I meant 50-59.) The acceptance rate is lower this year too, all good stuff in US News' world.</p>