why Rose-Hulman so easy to get in?

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<p>Hi,</p>

<p>As an international student, I am a little perplexed why Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology is so easy to get in compared to, say, Harvey-mudd and Cooper Union.</p>

<p>According to US News Report, Rose-Hulman is ranked the best engineering school with a non-doctoral program.</p>

<p>However, Harvey mudd and Cooper Union, which are ranked slightly below it, are so much harder to get into. In comparison, Rose-Hulman admits like probably about 90% of people who apply.</p>

<p>Can any one tell me why such paradox?</p>

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<p>*According to US News Report, Rose-Hulman is ranked the best engineering school with a non-doctoral program.</p>

<p>However, Harvey mudd and Cooper Union, which are ranked slightly below it, are so much harder to get into. *</p>

<p>Um, actually Harvey Mudd is tied with Rose Hulman for that spot. As for the reasons, there are several theories. First, Harvey Mudd has a broad engineering curriculum rather than a focussed one, which is stronger for grad school, but not so much for straight hiring out of college. Also, Rose Hulman gains a massive advantage from the region its in; its easier to stick out in the midwest than in California. While this might not seem important, the USNWR rankings are strictly based peer review of surrounding areas. </p>

<p>And as for RHIT's 70% admittance rate; its a self-selective application pool.</p>

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<p><a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/engineering-majors/464807-rose-hulman-harvey-mudd-tied-usnews.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/engineering-majors/464807-rose-hulman-harvey-mudd-tied-usnews.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>Seiken's post pretty much sums everything up.</p>

<p>As a side note:
People need to stop acting like the US News rankings are some tablet handed down to us from god. The general University and LAC rankings are suspect enough for schools like Rose, Cooper, and Mudd since they don't exactly fit in any category. The departmental rankings are also generally innacurate.</p>

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The departmental rankings are also generally innacurate.

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<p>Disagreed. The departmental rankings seem pretty accurate--at the top programs, you have wide course selection, the best students, top faculty who are leaders in the field, great library collections, great facilities, etc.</p>

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<p>Departmental rankings? What do you mean? like a specific department (eg, maths, engineering, etc) within an university? Any URL you can refer to?</p>

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<p>Department ranking means just what you said -- rankings for math, for chemE, for linguistics, for anthropology, for political science, etc.</p>

<p>Search the forums for "Gourman [insert area here]" and you'll find plenty of departmental rankings for undergrad. Here's the NRC rankings:</p>

<p>NRC</a> Rankings in Each of 41 Areas</p>

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<p>Does NCR mean "National Research Council"? These rankings are interesting. Are they for undergraduate? Do you know the date of the NCR report?</p>