<p>look at topic</p>
<p>why do rankings matter. to satisfy your ego?</p>
<p>If you're looking for rank over how you like the school/its reputation, you might want to look at the Ivies instead. But the rank in US News is based on acceptance rate, SAT scores, %yield, graduation rate, and alumni giving/endowment. I think Georgetown's rank is a lot lower because it doesn't have an Ivy endowment.</p>
<p>jangel: USNews does not take into account %yield (it stopped this a couple years ago), and it does take into account reputation (peer assessment)</p>
<p>Oh, sorry about that. I forgot that they changed it recently.</p>