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<p>@Rishav: Amherst, Williams, Swarthmore and Pomona are all equally difficult or perhaps even more difficult to get into than UCB, Cornell, Duke and Penn. Also, the recent trend is that UCB is becoming less selective while admitting international students due to the tragic budget cuts. Even though UCB may be prestigious and reputed worldwide, the quality of undergraduate education there is now a notch lower than the other top private colleges with class sizes getting larger and more TA’s teaching undergrad classes in place of professors. This situation is also taking students a longer time to graduate from UCB.</p>

<p>Also, GPA/Test scores of students attending Vanderbilt are comparable to those attending Cornell,Penn and Brown. Vanderbilt is one of those universities that is quickly gaining national reputation and prestige putting it’s undergrad program at power with some one the top 15 colleges. (US news)</p>

<p>See for yourself :)</p>

<p>[Class</a> of 2016: highest academic profile in Vanderbilt history - InsideVandy: Administration](<a href=“Inside Vandy: Vanderbilt University's student news source”>Inside Vandy: Vanderbilt University's student news source)</p>

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<p>Rishav I don’t know why you gave that list, as it doesn’t makes much sense considering the fact that admission percentages vary drastically form major to major. Though, it’s good that you wrote some links to refer. </p>

<p>Second, I’ll add some state universities to this list (which have some very respected majors) like, University of Arizona, Arizona state university, Michigan State and Iowa state.</p>

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<p>Most of the universities can be arranged into tiers. According to me (these are off the top of my head and, yes, I do remember these many universities)</p>

<p>Tier 1 - Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Stanford, MIT, Caltech</p>

<p>Tier 2 - Columbia, Chicago, Duke, Penn</p>

<p>Tier 3 - Northwestern, Johns Hopkins, Brown, Dartmouth, Cornell</p>

<p>Tier 4 - WUSTL, Rice, Vandy, Cal</p>

<p>Tier 5 - Notre Dame, Emory, Georgetown, Virginia, UCLA</p>

<p>Tier 6 - Carnegie Mellon, North Carolina, Michigan, USC</p>

<p>Tier 7 - Tufts, NYU, BC, Brandeis, William & Mary</p>

<p>Tier 8 - Wake Forest, Case Western, Rochester, Lehigh</p>

<p>Tier 9 - Georgia Tech, Miami (FL), Illinois, George Washington</p>

<p>Tier 10 - UC-Davis, Wisconsin, Texas, Washington</p>

<p>Tier 11 - UC-San Diego, Penn St., Boston</p>

<p>Tier 12 - Florida, Ohio St., Northeastern, Pepperdine</p>

<p>Tier 13 - UC-Santa Barbara, Tulane, Fordham, Maryland, Syracuse</p>

<p>Tier 14 - Georgia, UConn, Pittsburgh, Minnesota</p>

<p>Tier 15 - Rutgers, Indiana, Michigan St., Iowa, Miami (OH)</p>

<p>Ok so I made this coz I was super bored lol. Feel free to disregard. N I don’t remember all the universities so it’s possible I missed a few. But this is just my opinion.</p>

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<p>Haha!! It seems like the “shout at rishav17” contest :stuck_out_tongue:
In my defense - I clearly put in a disclaimer at the start of my list and also mentioned sites which can be used as college filters!! :D</p>

<p>@happyasver - Vandy’s been growing all right!! </p>

<p>And I never mentioned Swarthmore, Pomona, Williams & Amherst!! UCB still has a pretty low acceptance rate…</p>

<p>@steamgamer - no one gave me that list. As i said - it was an impromptu off the top of my head list!! And I put in a disclaimer and sources for searching!! :D</p>

<p>@Swish - I think you’ve gotten a bit mixed up after Tier 6!! :p</p>

<p>Also for the large public universities and so - UIUC,NYU, etc - It really depends on the major.</p>

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<p>Ok, so this is the link with acceptance rates as the criteria for ranking universities. I say lets leave it at that!! :D</p>

<p>[Top</a> 100 - Lowest Acceptance Rates | Rankings | US News](<a href=“http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/rankings/lowest-acceptance-rate]Top”>http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/rankings/lowest-acceptance-rate)</p>

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<p>

probably have (these boards are kinda irritating me tbh) but the list is my opinion and im not enforcing it on any1. also my list wasnt in response to ur original comment. i was just bored and procrastinating is my favorite hobby before any exam.</p>

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<p>@rishav17: Could you post your stats?</p>

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<p>@ash - just look back at my post history(the first page I think!!). I’ve decided against posting stats after I realized that it just adds to the anxiety!! Haha!! :p</p>

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<p>Hey rishav, Ash6277 seems to be a ■■■■■. Look at his/her previous posts. Three different SATs in different posts and in the most recent chance post, he/she said that SATs are not yet taken…also different level of achievements in different posts!!</p>

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<p>@hoping - maybe, maybe not. I really couldn’t care more!! :p</p>