<p>late august someone said</p>
<p>I go to Duke. I don’t really care what the rankings are…</p>
<p>You are all really owning/pretentious/examples of what are wrong with this world (not ALL of you, but most)…</p>
<p>I hope someone from an “inferior” school is your boss. Rankings are NOT everything at all. I chose Duke over some schools that were higher ranked. Finding the best fit for you is way more important.</p>
<p>Disgusting people disgust me.</p>
<p>Anyway, I think Duke might drop a bit. We also might go up though, seeing as how our admissions numbers dropped to 14 percent of students admitted only or something like that. </p>
<p>I think some of the Ivies with the budget cuts might drop. Harvard, Yale, Princeton will stay top 3. Cornell might drop based on budget cuts but could go up to do admissions statistics.</p>
<p>I care too little to make this post longer. Have fun drinking your tea and being pretentious losers.</p>
<p>Helicio. Hate to break it to you, but many Dookies on this board are just as pretentious about their favorite school as any posters on CC.</p>
<p>Ok, Helicio. I guess at Dook there are 2 kinds of people: the pretentious ones and the very pretentious ones (who think they are taking the high road by bashing college rankings and the posters who are interested in them).</p>
<p>Lets guess which one you are?</p>
<p>Helicio, honestly? “I chose Duke over some schools that were higher ranked. Finding the best fit for you is way more important.” </p>
<p>You make it sound like you are someone who goes to an “inferior” school. You have a superiority complex that is almost, if not, greater than those people you are mocking. Just my take.</p>
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<p>I think UChicago still has a ways to go before it gets to top 5. It had a spectacular year in admissions (which I believe will be reflected in next year’s rankings), but we’ll need it to continue this vigorous growth to get to the top. I’m thinking a Northwestern or Duke -sized applicant pool could do that, which would bring along a natural increase in test scores. UChicago’s financial situation has also been improving relative to its peer schools, especially in the face of this recession with its more conservative investment strategy. And Obama bringing the Chicago political machine to Washington can only help ;).</p>
<p>What about Emory? Any ideas on drop/move up?</p>
<p>I think Emory will keep moving up as it increases its selectivity rating.</p>
<p>All i care about is USC! I hope we beat UCLA!!! Fight ON</p>
<p>have these rankings been leaked yet?</p>
<p>“have these rankings been leaked yet?”</p>
<p>Considering that none of the asinine “early leaked” threads has surfaced yet, the answer is no. However, you should not give up, as someone is bound to grab last year’s list and add a couple of cosmetic changes. </p>
<p>Interestingly enough, we KNOW what it will look like. The same old list with just enough annoying changes to keep it fresh. This year, the piece de resistance will probably be the “new” and “better” Peer Assessment. Actually, while it should be extremely hard to come with a worse metric, I have little doubt that Morse will accomplish just that, as the answer to running out of the few dedicated and honest admins who fill that survey with integrity will be to poll a group that is even more clueless. </p>
<p>/yawning in anticipation to this year’s version!</p>
<p>In light of all if the economic problems/budget cuts, is it possible the top 25 will ONLY be privates this year (i.e. Berkeley, UVA, & UCLA fall outside)?</p>
<p>Even private schools had economic problems jc40. We’re all tied up in this together.</p>
<p>What about Williams? Still ahead of Harvard?</p>
<p>^Williams and Harvard aren’t even in the same category, so I’m not sure what you mean by that.</p>
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<p>It is always possible for the schools you listed to drop below the top 25 marker. It is however as improbable as climbing among the top 20. In addition, if they were to drop it would not be because of economic problems (which have been systemic for years) or budget cuts, but because the changes in the PA might not yield the results expected by Morse and his staff. After all, there are limits to leveling the playing field, even if, in the complex world of USNews, the current field already looks a LOT more like Colorado than Iowa.</p>
<p>how exactly have they changed the ranking criteria this year?</p>
<p>^ Yes, xiggi, you seem to have special insight into this topic…please enlighten the group.</p>
<p>I think the USNWR gradually intends to drop all public universities from the top 30. It will tweak its formula to make it happen in the next 4-5 years.</p>
<p>^^^^ that’s messed up.</p>