<p>I’m a sports junkie so I didn’t mean for the comment to sound insulting. I was more in line with a broad group of schools, not only top 50, but extending to even 250 schools. </p>
<p>There are going to be a handful of teams that attract the talent because of location, players,etc- top 30 schools.</p>
<p>Tier two is reserved for team that have a few good pieces (graduate programs) and are one star player away from greatness - schools 31-75.</p>
<p>Tier three is similar to two, these are up and coming but would need more pieces to surround the star to compete - schools 76-150.</p>
<p>Now you get to what I previously referred to “bottom feeder teams”, small pond big fish syndrome, above X SAT score = scholarship, etc - schools 151-250</p>
<p>Notice how tier 1 is not exclusive to HYPSM.
Is tier 1 better for a player than tier 4? Not necessarily.
Keep in mind this is only from an admissions/aid awards stand point.</p>
<p>Please tell me if I’m off base with this assessment.</p>