What's the next grouping of schools after T20-30
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Anonymous
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Why all of these artificial cutoffs. You people sure are ceding a lot of power to a magazine that is trying to see ad space.
I say figure out what your kid wants (size, location, major, social scene, etc). Then, find schools that meet that description. You don't have to disregard rank, but that should not drive the train. (Read college guides, online reviews, talk to alumni, etc. Really, this is a process, not a contest to see whose kid can attend the lowest ranking according to a magazine! ) |
Anonymous
CMU, Notre Dame, Georgetown, Tufts and Emory all have ~10 admission rates. UNC is almost impossible OOS. |
Anonymous
Seriously. OP, why don't you just look at US News and be done with it. Google is your friend. |
Anonymous
There's nothing out or Reach about UNC, UVA, And Boston College. These are second their schools. |
Anonymous
Whatever tier, they're almost certainly out of reach for my kids. |
Anonymous
Tufts and UNC are second tier. The others are top 20 |
Anonymous
I think that's why this post was different. Ceding defeat to the "Top Tier" but still very interested in what DCUM considers the next bucket of college, not an enumerated list parroting USNWR. |
Anonymous
| Lehigh |
Anonymous
Sure, we'll take your opinion, Anonymous Poster who struggles with capitalization and spelling, over the actual facts that make all of these schools out of reach for 80-90% of the students who seek admission to them |
Anonymous
Yes with acceptance rates in the 20's, and rankings in the high 20's. They aren't first tier. When has BC ever been considered a top school? Honestly when asking people top school stops at about Emory/CMu/UCLA. UVA doesn't raise eyebrows if you tell people DC went there. |
Anonymous
| CMU is technically top 20 |
Anonymous
It's ranked 25 on USNews and 21 on WSJ. It technically isn't but socially it is. UVA not so much. |
Anonymous
51? |
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Anonymous
CMU CS is actually top 10 CMU Business is actually top 20 CMU Engineering maybe? Other majors not so much |