2026 USNWR Top 30 Private Universities

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With the free ride for under $200k hhi emory will have even more applications and yiele will improve.

It definitely belongs with the top20.
It is weird why this poster is so anti Emory. Accuses anyone of liking the schiol to be a booster. Maybe take a good look in the mirror.
It is a great school, great academics and there are lots to do in Atlanta. Not everyone wants football.

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Anonymous wrote:Emory is the Tufts of Atlanta. No one goes there unless they received multiple rejections.

I thought the running theme on these two were that they game ED... which is it? Nobody wants to go there unless they're rejected at all the Ivies or everyone over-commits via ED?

They can never keep their stories straight. "No one wants Emory"- then why do so many apply?

"Because its a backup" - But 5k apply ED?

"Because they knew they cant get into anywhere else"- Why are the stats so high if they couldn't get into somewhere else?

So on so forth. Its psychotic, and its just one or two weirdos...

Exactly. Illogic.

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Anonymous wrote:With the free ride for under $200k hhi emory will have even more applications and yiele will improve.

It definitely belongs with the top20.
It is weird why this poster is so anti Emory. Accuses anyone of liking the schiol to be a booster. Maybe take a good look in the mirror.
It is a great school, great academics and there are lots to do in Atlanta. Not everyone wants football.

$200k hhi is bait-and-switch.
You don't really get free ride.

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Anonymous wrote:With the free ride for under $200k hhi emory will have even more applications and yiele will improve.

It definitely belongs with the top20.
It is weird why this poster is so anti Emory. Accuses anyone of liking the schiol to be a booster. Maybe take a good look in the mirror.
It is a great school, great academics and there are lots to do in Atlanta. Not everyone wants football.

It's definitely not T20.

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Anonymous wrote:There are a lot more kids than those who get into top25 schools that apply to 2nd level schools NYU, BU, BC, NEU, etc. But the $95k a year question why. U Florida is ranked better than any of those privates and has better sports and much better weather. Add in UGA even Ohio State. Those schools attract the slightly above average kids and those privates don’t have the alumni coonections of the top schools- Ivies, Stanford, or Duke.

UFlorida is fantastic deal for instate but not so much for OOS.
There are people money is not much of a factor and also there are many people who don't pay full price.

My kid got into UFlorida and Northeastern.
Actual cost were similar or higher for OOS UFlorida after some aid/scholarship from Northeastern, so chose Northeastern.

For non-Florida residents, those Boston schools definitely have higher demand.

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Anonymous wrote:There are a lot more kids than those who get into top25 schools that apply to 2nd level schools NYU, BU, BC, NEU, etc. But the $95k a year question why. U Florida is ranked better than any of those privates and has better sports and much better weather. Add in UGA even Ohio State. Those schools attract the slightly above average kids and those privates don’t have the alumni coonections of the top schools- Ivies, Stanford, or Duke.

UFlorida is fantastic deal for instate but not so much for OOS.
There are people money is not much of a factor and also there are many people who don't pay full price.

My kid got into UFlorida and Northeastern.
Actual cost were similar or higher for OOS UFlorida after some aid/scholarship from Northeastern, so chose Northeastern.

For non-Florida residents, those Boston schools definitely have higher demand.

Similarly for UVA, UNC, UMD, etc.

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Anonymous wrote:There are a lot more kids than those who get into top25 schools that apply to 2nd level schools NYU, BU, BC, NEU, etc. But the $95k a year question why. U Florida is ranked better than any of those privates and has better sports and much better weather. Add in UGA even Ohio State. Those schools attract the slightly above average kids and those privates don’t have the alumni coonections of the top schools- Ivies, Stanford, or Duke.

UFlorida is fantastic deal for instate but not so much for OOS.
There are people money is not much of a factor and also there are many people who don't pay full price.

My kid got into UFlorida and Northeastern.
Actual cost were similar or higher for OOS UFlorida after some aid/scholarship from Northeastern, so chose Northeastern.

For non-Florida residents, those Boston schools definitely have higher demand.

Given how Florida is undermining public education, I am not sure why folks would want to get a degree from there.

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In state at anyone's flagship should always be a better bargain. That's why you choose UVA over Georgetown unless Georgetown gives more money.

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Anonymous wrote:Just calculated, it actually is likely 15% yield for RD.

Just wow.

No one cares, Emory receives more applicants than its peers (except Vanderbilt).

what are its peers exactly? it receives way less in applications vs the actual top 20

Vanderbilt, WashU, Rice, Georgetown, CMU, ND, Dartmouth, Cornell

Cornell- 65,612 (2024)
Vanderbilt- 50,084
Emory- 37,855
Rice- 36,777
ND- 35,401
Carnegie Mellon- 33, 941(2024)
WashU-33,283
Dartmouth- 28,230
Georgetown- 26,841

A few things to point out here. ND is Catholic (very Catholic--82%), so many self select to not apply for that reason. It's also in the middle of nowhere. Still the 9% acceptance rate and 64% yield rate are impressive with no ED.

Georgetown has a separate application, so not even fair to include in this discussion.

Please Emory booster. You are really embarrassing yourself. You might even be outdoing the NEU boosters here. Accept the fact that most students at Emory had to settle because it was their backup school. Why would anyone want to be among a bunch of students that just settled?

ED to Emory or NYU was first choice for my kid. Kid decided to go with NYU after visiting both.

Exactly and the only way Emory can improve its yield is to offer ED. ND doesn't even offer ED and has an enormous yield rate.

Why are you comparing Emory to ND? My kid liked Emory when they visited. Zero interest in football. ND is great but it’s not for everyone. That’s the beauty of the American college landscape- there’s something for everyone.

It's the Emory boosters keep comparing it to T20 schools.

A school ranked 20 and 24 shouldn't be compared? You're not bored yet?

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Anonymous wrote:Just calculated, it actually is likely 15% yield for RD.

Just wow.

No one cares, Emory receives more applicants than its peers (except Vanderbilt).

what are its peers exactly? it receives way less in applications vs the actual top 20

Vanderbilt, WashU, Rice, Georgetown, CMU, ND, Dartmouth, Cornell

Cornell- 65,612 (2024)
Vanderbilt- 50,084
Emory- 37,855
Rice- 36,777
ND- 35,401
Carnegie Mellon- 33, 941(2024)
WashU-33,283
Dartmouth- 28,230
Georgetown- 26,841

A few things to point out here. ND is Catholic (very Catholic--82%), so many self select to not apply for that reason. It's also in the middle of nowhere. Still the 9% acceptance rate and 64% yield rate are impressive with no ED.

Georgetown has a separate application, so not even fair to include in this discussion.

Please Emory booster. You are really embarrassing yourself. You might even be outdoing the NEU boosters here. Accept the fact that most students at Emory had to settle because it was their backup school. Why would anyone want to be among a bunch of students that just settled?

ED to Emory or NYU was first choice for my kid. Kid decided to go with NYU after visiting both.

Exactly and the only way Emory can improve its yield is to offer ED. ND doesn't even offer ED and has an enormous yield rate.

Why are you comparing Emory to ND? My kid liked Emory when they visited. Zero interest in football. ND is great but it’s not for everyone. That’s the beauty of the American college landscape- there’s something for everyone.

It's the Emory boosters keep comparing it to T20 schools.

A school ranked 20 and 24 shouldn't be compared? You're not bored yet?

This and ND has an 87/100 on us news, while Emory has an 86/100. We're debating 1 point.