<p>I’m putting my (little known) reputation on the line here, but I do support CornellDelight’s rankings. I’m 90% sure they’re legit, based on some statistics that I’ve seen.</p>
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<p>Two schools are tied for the 22nd slot. The next school would then occupy the 24th slot.</p>
<p>This has a ring of truth to it. I’m buying it.</p>
<p>CornellDelight- I second the request for an LAC list. It would be much appreciated!</p>
<p>The LAC list is pointless.</p>
<p>We’re supposed to pride ourselves on our “quiet prestige.”</p>
<p>The data are plausible.</p>
<p>can u plz post 25-75, as thats where my school is. thanks</p>
<p>“OP, where is #23 on your ranking?”</p>
<p>Tenisghs, according to the OP, #23 is in fact a two-way tie at #22 (CMU and Georgetown). </p>
<p>Although the OP’s rankings look very plausible, I will wait until the 19th to get the official rankings. I just find it hard to believe that a leak could be so well contained. Such a leak would spread like a wild fire.</p>
<p>^ Alex, are you hoping though that these are the results? I mean, Michigan back in top 25! Wow!!! :D</p>
<p>And all by itself too…no sharing with fUCLA… ;)</p>
<p>The ranking is plausible. The description of the source isn’t. I don’t believe it. Especially given the OP’s moniker (“CornellDelight”), lack of CC track record (6 previous posts), and how this ranking perfectly projects Cornell to move up in the rankings and to close the gap on its main rivals which at this point I take to be Columbia and Penn—but not so fast as to raise red flags. I think it’s a hoax. An effective hoax, but a hoax. I think this is the best ranking Cornell could reasonably hope for; and I think that’s its basis.</p>
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<p>Cornell moved up only one spot… also, best-case scenario would be that it would be tied with WUSTL in 12th. Also, I don’t see what the motivation would be to do such a thing. Make a ranking that puts your college up 1 spot to promote Cornell? I don’t think so… Fake rankings generally don’t do anything to promote a college.</p>
<p>I agree that one needs to be cautious, though.</p>
<p>I think Cornell will break the top ten in the real ranking.</p>
<p>“I think Cornell will break the top ten in the real ranking.”
$1,000,000 that it won’t.</p>
<p>These leaks are kind of intriguing…but at the same time the only one I care about is the real thing. Don’t be offended OP that I don’t have any trust in you at all. However, YIPPEE MICHIGAN 25th!!!</p>
<p>^ LOL, seconded. I’d be willing to place all my money and all my possessions on the bet that Cornell will never break top 10 within the next 50 years. bahaha</p>
<p>wow…whats up with the hatred?</p>
<p>I don’t get it. The rankings hardly change from year to year; one school may move up a slot, another down a slot. Why bicker about it endlessly?</p>
<p>Somepeople find rankings as sexy as Megan Fox’s perfectly sculpted behind.</p>
<p>In my personal opinion, any league table that rank Berkeley and Michigan outside of the top 20 is a hoax. Both schools are at least better than Wasington U, Emory, Notre Dame and Vanderbilt.</p>
<p>I’d think it’s legitimate except Washington University is ranked way too high.</p>
<p>^^ Good luck finding one that is not a “hoax”. Also, maybe Berkeley is better than all those 4 schools. Michigan’s student body isnt that great compared to those 4 schools you mentioned.</p>
<p>RML, the USNWR undergraduate rankings generally have Cal and Michigan ranked out of the top 20. Some years, those universities have been ranked out of the top 25. </p>
<p>Heidegger, WUSTL has been ranked among the top 12 in the nation each of the last 8 or 9 years and has been ranked as high as #9 a few years ago. </p>
<p>Confusedboy, student quality is one thing, quality of the university is another thing. If they have one thing in common, it is that they are impossible to measure statistically. People rely on GPAs, standardized scores, class ranking etc… to determine the quality of the student body, but unfortunately, given the various elements that determine student quality strength, it is very difficult to rate a student body vis-a-vis another student body. How else would you explain how top notch students (many of which have turned down mega-selective schools such as the Ivy League) consistantly report that they struggle to maintain high GPAs at Cal or Michigan and that their fellow classmates are just as academically capable as they are? How do you explain that Michigan and Cal both placed as high a percentage of their undergrads into top graduate schools as Emory, Notre Dame, Rice, Vanderbilt and Washington U? How do you exlpain that Cal’s selectivity ranking in the USNWR is generally among the top 15 in the nation and Michigan’s is generally among the top 20 in the nation?</p>
<p>im interested to see a whole list of the schools above tier 3 for national universities</p>