New USNWR rankings coming out in one week. Post predictions here!

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new category “student happiness” metric in national universities drives Cornell out of the T20

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I wonder if there's a line on this on DraftKings...

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Tennessee new public ivy!!!!

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Maybe U Chicago will fall a bit due to financial concerns which have been publicized.

Maybe Bates College drops while Kenyon rises.

Trump University reappears at #1.

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Nyu top 25?

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Anonymous wrote:I wonder if USNWR will shake things up by dethroning Princeton from #1

They should. They are still test optional which is ridiculous.

[Anonymous]

Northeastern #1!

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I do see the rise of Vandy and WashU.

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Also see Bowdoin keeps rising.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's like the week before Christmas for helicopter parents, prestige chasers, and assorted Karens. The new USNWR rankings drop on the 23rd, so post your predictions here. Who's rising, who's falling, who's gaming the system? Let's see what your top 50 looks like for national unis and LACs. Don't bother responding with crap like "get a life" or "who cares." By virtue of even lurking on this forum, we already know you're counting down the days, Karen!

Go ahead with your list, Karen.

Yeah, I didn’t think so.

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I think the list provides some interesting info if you read and understand what they measure and how they get their data. In the last year or two, methodology changed and metrics rewarded social mobility and value versus teaching and classroom experience which is one reason why many flagships have risen and some privates declined. The schools didnt change - the ranking criteria changed. It's also interesting to study how colleges continue to boost awareness, curate programs and manipulate data to improve ratings.

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Anonymous wrote:I wonder if USNWR will shake things up by dethroning Princeton from #1

Yes, they have to rotate Harvard, Yale, Princeton, and MIT from time to time on an arbitrary basis, just to keep us on our toes.

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Anonymous wrote:I think the list provides some interesting info if you read and understand what they measure and how they get their data. In the last year or two, methodology changed and metrics rewarded social mobility and value versus teaching and classroom experience which is one reason why many flagships have risen and some privates declined. The schools didnt change - the ranking criteria changed. It's also interesting to study how colleges continue to boost awareness, curate programs and manipulate data to improve ratings.

If this is true, which years of rankings do we reference if we care a lot about the old metrics?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I wonder if USNWR will shake things up by dethroning Princeton from #1

Yes, they have to rotate Harvard, Yale, Princeton, and MIT from time to time on an arbitrary basis, just to keep us on our toes.

+1 Exactly. Because so much is changing at all of them LOL

My graduate school went up a notch or two when I was there and on the day it was announced people were celebrating like it was the greatest thing ever. It is obviously better than the alternative but it wasn't particularly exciting to me.

[Anonymous]

You sound desperate OP.