<p>I think that Princeton will loss the #1 rank due to the removal of ED. Its yield will be lower because Princeton will not be able to lock ED applicants it would otherwise be. Applicants, who apply Princeton RD this year, more likely also apply Harvard and Yale RD just to increase their chances.</p>
<p>I don't think any one of them loses in any sense of the word.</p>
<p>Yale can maintain the yield by deferring most of good EA applicants.</p>
<p>I think it would be fun if USNews rated colleges the same way the colleges rated applicants. They should have the president of the university write an essay about his college and then go in for an interview...</p>
<p>I second your motion</p>
<p>I just found out that even Dean of Admission Janet Rapelye admits a possible slide in its U.S. News ranking. She encouraged candidates who genuinely want to attend Princeton and consider it their first choice to say so in their applications, since they won't have a chance to show their eagerness by applying early.</p>
<p>The</a> Daily Princetonian - With no early applicants, U. will draw heavily on waitlist</p>
<p>I thought I read somewhere that USNWR doesn't factor yield into the rankings anymore as of the last 2-3 years.</p>
<p>They used to use yield and selectivity (percent of applications accepted) as separate factors. They stopped because people pointed out, correctly, that the two are really the same thing. Colleges generally try to accept enough people to yield a full class, or undershoot a bit and use the wait list to fill in. Princeton will almost certainly have to accept more applicants than it did when it filled half of its class ED at a 100% yield. Unless its applications go up proportionately -- they will probably go up some, if only because people will recognize they have a better chance of admission RD than in the past -- its selectivity ranking will probably slide a bit.</p>
<p>Big deal.</p>
<p>All this, to me, just adds more proof why this particular ranking and how important it appears to some is so very foolish. Does anyone really think that this next year class will be "less" than the previous year or that the school is "less" than the previous year? I doubt it. And just watch, if they do slip in the rankings there will be all kinds of posts here analyzing why the school "slipped". It is so infinitely silly it's beyond belief.</p>
<p>"There isn't a school in a stronger position than Princeton to be able to stand up and say [that] we are not going to judge ourselves on this artificial standard by which the outside world judges us," she said.
Funny now its an artificial standard being number 1. HAHAHA! The outside world doesnt judge Princeton that way USNWR does and they are a 4th rate magazine looking to boost sales creating the list that up until now made Princeton feel pretty good! Got to love Spin!</p>
<p>coffee,
I agree with you that the ranking is not very important. However, Princeton is worry too! Just read the article:
The</a> Daily Princetonian - With no early applicants, U. will draw heavily on waitlist</p>
<p>If I knew what I was doing I would make a lot of money publishing a projected analysis of what the top ranked school will be FIVE YEARS FROM NOW when current college applicants are applying to med school or investment banking jobs.</p>