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Colleges and Universities A-Z Smith College
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<p>so it seems like Smith’s declined quite a bit this year (to 19th) and I was wondering what people’s thoughts were.</p>

<p>my feelings:</p>

<li><p>it’s going to go up next year, since the number of applicants, selectivity, and the endowment all increased and the student body decreased (therefore more expenditure per student)</p></li>
<li><p>smith’s attempts to increase economic diversity are great for the college and the student body…but unfortunately are not great for rankings.</p></li>
<li><p>I wonder why “peer assessment rating” is so valued in US news rankings and what we can do to improve it.</p></li>
<li><p>though smith has fluctuated about 6 spots in the rankings since i started to consider it, I don’t think the quality of education has changed at all. i hope that’s a message that reaches high school students (and, for my sake, law school admissions counselors!)</p></li>
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<p>The stats that Xiggi posted in the parents' forum show that 2008 was just a bad year for Smith rankings-wise. The data that will be used next year should bring Smith's rankings up a bit. </p>

<p>Number of Applications (2006 2007 2008 2009)
3047 3304 2993 3408</p>

<p>Number Accepted
1616 1705 1694 1600</p>

<p>Changes in Application Numbers
+8% -9% +14%</p>

<p>Acceptance Rate
53% 52% 57% 47%</p>

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<p>Smith is a fabulous school, whatever the rating. It is amazing.</p>

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<p>Same feeling here.</p>