<p>"Most other schools have had their “best” class ever in 2016. It’s not an anomaly that only Duke is privy to. "</p>
<p>I wouldn’t say most. Some school’s application numbers do not rise. Some schools aren’t lucky enough to select whom ever they want without worry of their yield. But besides that, I never made the claim that Duke should rise because they had their best class for 2016. It’s one of the factors that would help keep Duke in the top 10.</p>
<p>Hmmm Princeton has been at the one spot for 9 of the past 12 years. I don’t see it giving that up soon. Perhaps another tie with Harvard for number one.</p>
<p>Hmmm… let’s see @Cuse, HYP had record low admittance rates, Columbia was up a bit but still lower than Duke, I don’t know what Caltech’s acceptance rate was like but probably lower than last year, MIT had a record low acceptance rate, Stanford was a record low, UChicago was a record low, Penn’s was the same as last year (so it might drop, but probably not out of top 10). Dartmouth (ranked #11) had a record low, Northwestern (#12) had a record low, JHU (#13) record low. These are the schools that would be vying for Duke’s top 10 ranking and they all dropped their acceptance rates (which usually indicates higher yield and higher test scores), so Duke has no legitimate claim for staying in the top 10 over other schools that are ranked right below it.</p>
<ol>
<li>Harvard</li>
<li>Princeton</li>
<li>Yale</li>
<li>Columbia</li>
<li>Stanford</li>
<li>MIT, Cal Tech</li>
<li>Penn</li>
<li>Chicago</li>
<li>Dartmouth</li>
<li>Duke, Northwestern</li>
<li>Cornell, Brown</li>
<li>Johns Hopkins，Washington U</li>
<li>Rice</li>
</ol>
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2 points:</p>
<ol>
<li><p>The 2013 rankings to be released next month will be based on admissions data for the Class of 2015, not the latest round of admissions data for the Class of 2016.</p></li>
<li><p>Admit rate counts for only 1.5% of the total score for each school–variations of admit rates by a couple of points from year to year have a very small impact, if any, on the rankings of individual schools at this level. For example, Penn has been ranked among the top 7 schools every year for the last 15 years–including 4 different years at #4–notwithstanding an admit rate that has never been among the 7 lowest, and that has intermittently risen and fallen a bit relative to its peers over the course of that period.</p></li>
</ol>
<p>No reason UChicago will be behind Upenn in next US NEWS ranking. UChicago improved a lot these days, admit rate (improved dramatically), standard testing (#5 in the nation), classroom size, faculty student ratio (1:6), and faculty salary (#3 in top 10 universities). </p>
<p>It is true that UPenn’s rankings were on or before #7 position (precisely say top 10, since sometimes there are more than one #5, or #7 in ranking) in last 15 years. But historically, from 1988 (first year Upenn attended the game) to 1997, UPenn’s rankings were between #11 to #20.</p>
<p>My estimate is, UChicago will stay higher than Upenn this coming month, or at least at same position.</p>
<p>Because of its chronic cheating, Emory will drop three places, making room for CMU, USC and Cal to rise…</p>
<p>Shouldn’t Emory become unranked for a year like other schools that misrepresented scores have?</p>
<p>Absolutely</p>
<p>Certainly would be a good policy. Maybe longer</p>
<p>1) Harvard
<p>(Bye Emory.)</p>
<p>Secretly I hope that the colleges I’m applying to drop horrendously so less people apply. </p>
<p>Is that a common feeling? xD</p>
<p>Emory is not going to drop out of the top 25. The metrics that USNWR uses will make sure that no top private school will ever take much of a fall.</p>
<p>Mine:</p>
<p>H
P
Y
S
Columbia
MIT
Caltech
Penn/Duke/Chicago
NU
Dartmouth</p>
<p>1) Harvard/Princeton
3) Yale
4) Chicago/Columbia/Stanford
7) MIT/Caltech
9) Penn/Duke</p>
<p>These are the top 10</p>
<p>USC and Ohio State will move up</p>
<p>Penn State and Wisconsin will move down</p>
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<p>I second this!! :p</p>
<h1>8 Up-and-Coming in the nation, tied with USC!! lol</h1>
<p>[Up</a> and Coming Schools |Top National Universities | US News Best Colleges](<a href=“http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-universities/up-and-coming#]Up”>http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-universities/up-and-coming#)</p>
<p>Go Bucks!! :)</p>
<p>Columbia and Yale should move up as their stats are now equivalent to Harvard’s, and Princeton should move down as it is now one of the easier ivies to get into the last three years</p>
<p>You’re kidding right^?</p>
<p>No leak yet??? @_@"</p>