What would be the replacements? |
Berkeley, UCLA, Michigan, USC |
Hardly. Parents who need in-state tuition value that above all else. Besides you can drive, train or bus easily to MD or DC. Also as the privates keep jacking up their fees towards $85K a year, the great publics keep getting more and more selective and jump up on the USNWR rankings (because the pool of students they get both in-state and OOS keeps improving statistically). |
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My take on top 20:
1. Harvard 2. Stanford 3. MIT 4. Yale 5. Princeton 6. Columbia 7. Caltech 8. Chicago 9. Penn 10. Duke 11. Northwestern 12. Brown 13. Dartmouth 14. Cornell 15. Johns Hopkins 16. UC Berkeley 17. Georgetown 18. Notre Dame 19. Michigan /UCLA / UVA 20. Vanderbilt, Rice |
UVA doesn't belong in the top 22 - maybe top 30. |
And who are you exactly and why should I care? |
Only in your dreams |
This is utterly delusional... USC, Umich?! |
Those above mentioned schools are bunched up with ND, Vandy, Rice etc. so those will benefit if red state schools fall few notches. |
You may be basing your comment on outdated information. That was probably a fair assessment in the 80s, but not today. Both are highly selective, academic powerhouses that attract top students. We're talking sub 10% admissions rates and applicants from the top local high schools (many of whom are rejected). In my industry (investment banking/technology), USC is a major recruiting stop, second only to Stanford. UCLA is also very strong, but in our niche, a private undergrad degree still carries more cache. The access to opportunities, programs, top notch professors, and an unbelievably loyal alumni network at USC is impressive. Add the upcoming Big 10 infusion of cash - some say $75-100MM per year - and you've got a rocket ship. Although I know less about Michigan, in our industry it is also considered strong in the engineering and business programs. The perception and reality of schools evolve over time. In 2022, undergrads are more worldly than ever before. The notion of spending 4 years in a Red State like Texas, Tennessee or Indiana vs. living in a metropolitan area is a non-starter for many. For that reason alone, the CA schools will continue to rise. YMMV |
I don't think the red state school thing is will blow over like most everything else. Even if that was the case those 5 schools have such high reputation that the schools lower than them would have a hard time competing. |
USC is very strong in Engineering and Tech as well. It's a major feeder to Silicon Valley not to mention the flagship school of Cinematic Art. If money is the same, I would definitely go to USC over UCLA |
USC's admit rate is 12%, Umich's is 22%. And didn't USC fall in the rankings this year? 100million a year is really nothing in the grand scheme of things. Vandy, Emory, WashU, and ND aren't going anywhere trust me. These red states/schools used to have segregation and refused to allow POC students, they were still elite then. This won't change being you can't have an abortion after 6 weeks. |
All of these schools have subjects they're the best at, that not a good reason for why USC would displace schools ranked higher than it. |
+1 |