USNWR ('07-91) Avg Rank + WSJ Feeder + Revealed Preferences

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<p>It is. I did not repeat without Wash U, since dropping Caltech, with a huge discrepancy between WSJ and other rankings, had no effect.</p>

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<p>afan-
Do the results of your analysis change very much when you exclude the 5 publics? Does the equation account for more or less among private universities?</p>

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<p>Interesting thought. I will check. It also raises a confound. Since the publics are bunched at the bottom, we may not be able to tell whether taking them out shows a public effect, or a lower ranking effect. As you point out, there are only 5 of them, so taking them out might not change much anyway. I'll let you know what I find.</p>

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<p>This is a nice ranking. Measure much more relevant factors compared to the one produced by USNews.</p>

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<p>Hmm this seems to follow what my basic perceptions are pretty closely. haha, what I think has no weight whatsoever, but to me these look pretty accurate. maybe dartmouth should be a litter bit further down the list, but whatevs</p>

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Oh, you’re going to have to be a great deal more specific than that when leveling accusations.</p>

<p>25% Peer Assessment –> Can’t be gamed
20% Retention –> Can’t be gamed
10% Finances –> Can’t be gamed
8% Class Sizes –> Can’t be gamed
5% Graduation Rate –> Can’t be gamed
3% Highest Degree for Faculty –> Can’t be gamed
1% Student-Faculty Ratio –> Can’t be gamed
1% Full-Time Faculty –> Can’t be gamed</p>

<p>7% Faculty Pay –> Can be gamed, but Penn and WUStL faculty are not paid that well. Probably not being gamed.
[The</a> Chronicle: AAUP Faculty Salary Survey](<a href=“http://chronicle.com/stats/aaup/]The”>http://chronicle.com/stats/aaup/)</p>

<p>5% Alumni Giving –> Can be gamed, but Penn and WUStL are not in the top 6. Probably not being gamed.
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/569540-usnwr-2009-looking-top-strata-vi-alumni-giving.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/569540-usnwr-2009-looking-top-strata-vi-alumni-giving.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>1.5% Acceptance Rate –> Can be gamed, but Penn and WUStL not in top 10. Probably not being gamed.</p>

<p>7.5% SAT scores –> Can be gamed. Penn doesn’t do terribly well, but WUStL does. Possible gaming.
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/784730-college-comparison-xii-standardized-tests-focus-sat-math.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/784730-college-comparison-xii-standardized-tests-focus-sat-math.html&lt;/a&gt;
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/783415-college-comparison-xi-standardized-tests-focus-sat-critical-reading.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/783415-college-comparison-xi-standardized-tests-focus-sat-critical-reading.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>6% Top 10% –> Can be gamed. Penn and WUStL arguably game this.
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/793181-college-comparison-xviii-students-ranked-top-10-hs-class.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/793181-college-comparison-xviii-students-ranked-top-10-hs-class.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>IBClass, Class size and Finances can also be gamed, and even if they weren’t unless they are taken into context, are very misleading. But I agree with the rest of your assessment.</p>