Combining Multiple Undergrad Rankings To Get One! Interesting Results

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Makes sense that Stanford and MIT are at the top - they've been leading the tech revolution in higher education. CMU and Berkeley should be higher though as they're right up there too, and they have great departments in the humanities as well, so they're not one-trick ponies.

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Anonymous wrote:This was already talked about last fall. The poster is not giving credit to the Reddit user who created the list.
https://www.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/xc0v5x/the_2023_supreme_t75_college_ranking_aggregating/

Thank you!! I'm the poster who was interested in the source/creator and all I got were snarky comments. Amazing how easy it would have been to simply link to this.

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Anonymous wrote:Saw this and thought it was interesting. Basically someone took the average ranking of each college from these sources and created a composite rank for each school relative to all the other schools. It was noted schools like Georgetown and Duke were underranked by US News and schools like UChicago and JHU were overranked. Some of these rankings included focus more on academics and some more on ROI, so with a composite I believe the idea was to see which schools excel in all the important metrics for undergrad.

I think Rice will go down in these rankings solely due to location. I know at least a few very bright kids who didn’t apply to Rice this year because it’s in Texas and they’re worried about policy down there.

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Anonymous wrote:Saw this and thought it was interesting. Basically someone took the average ranking of each college from these sources and created a composite rank for each school relative to all the other schools. It was noted schools like Georgetown and Duke were underranked by US News and schools like UChicago and JHU were overranked. Some of these rankings included focus more on academics and some more on ROI, so with a composite I believe the idea was to see which schools excel in all the important metrics for undergrad.

I think Rice will go down in these rankings solely due to location. I know at least a few very bright kids who didn’t apply to Rice this year because it’s in Texas and they’re worried about policy down there.

Maybe, but I doubt it. It's not like those kids would have considered Rice/Texas in the past, if they don't like Texas now they most likely wouldn't have liked it then. Rice has its own very strong base of feeder schools and top students from the South so they'll be more than fine.

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Anonymous wrote:Saw this and thought it was interesting. Basically someone took the average ranking of each college from these sources and created a composite rank for each school relative to all the other schools. It was noted schools like Georgetown and Duke were underranked by US News and schools like UChicago and JHU were overranked. Some of these rankings included focus more on academics and some more on ROI, so with a composite I believe the idea was to see which schools excel in all the important metrics for undergrad.

I think Rice will go down in these rankings solely due to location. I know at least a few very bright kids who didn’t apply to Rice this year because it’s in Texas and they’re worried about policy down there.

Maybe, but I doubt it. It's not like those kids would have considered Rice/Texas in the past, if they don't like Texas now they most likely wouldn't have liked it then. Rice has its own very strong base of feeder schools and top students from the South so they'll be more than fine.

+1 Rice is extremely desirable for a lot of students. IMO it's like the Dartmouth of the south -- heavy undergrad focus, great academics, small student body. Main difference is that it's in a vibrant city while Dartmouth is in the middle of nowhere

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Anonymous wrote:Saw this and thought it was interesting. Basically someone took the average ranking of each college from these sources and created a composite rank for each school relative to all the other schools. It was noted schools like Georgetown and Duke were underranked by US News and schools like UChicago and JHU were overranked. Some of these rankings included focus more on academics and some more on ROI, so with a composite I believe the idea was to see which schools excel in all the important metrics for undergrad.

I think Rice will go down in these rankings solely due to location. I know at least a few very bright kids who didn’t apply to Rice this year because it’s in Texas and they’re worried about policy down there.

Maybe, but I doubt it. It's not like those kids would have considered Rice/Texas in the past, if they don't like Texas now they most likely wouldn't have liked it then. Rice has its own very strong base of feeder schools and top students from the South so they'll be more than fine.

+1 Rice is extremely desirable for a lot of students. IMO it's like the Dartmouth of the south -- heavy undergrad focus, great academics, small student body. Main difference is that it's in a vibrant city while Dartmouth is in the middle of nowhere

Rice and UT basically run oil and gas in Texas. Not everyone's cup of tea, but can't deny that it's lucrative

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Makes sense that Stanford and MIT are at the top - they've been leading the tech revolution in higher education. CMU and Berkeley should be higher though as they're right up there too, and they have great departments in the humanities as well, so they're not one-trick ponies.

I agree CMU and Berkeley could be higher but then I look at the schools ahead of them and it's hard to consider moving any of them down, they're all great schools. CMU might be incredible for CS, engineering, and drama, but UVA (1 spot ahead) is great for pre-law, business, and is much more affordable. As for Berkeley, they've had some overcrowding/funding issues so their undergrad experience might not be the best.

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Anonymous wrote:Saw this and thought it was interesting. Basically someone took the average ranking of each college from these sources and created a composite rank for each school relative to all the other schools. It was noted schools like Georgetown and Duke were underranked by US News and schools like UChicago and JHU were overranked. Some of these rankings included focus more on academics and some more on ROI, so with a composite I believe the idea was to see which schools excel in all the important metrics for undergrad.

I think Rice will go down in these rankings solely due to location. I know at least a few very bright kids who didn’t apply to Rice this year because it’s in Texas and they’re worried about policy down there.

Maybe, but I doubt it. It's not like those kids would have considered Rice/Texas in the past, if they don't like Texas now they most likely wouldn't have liked it then. Rice has its own very strong base of feeder schools and top students from the South so they'll be more than fine.

+1 Rice is extremely desirable for a lot of students. IMO it's like the Dartmouth of the south -- heavy undergrad focus, great academics, small student body. Main difference is that it's in a vibrant city while Dartmouth is in the middle of nowhere

Rice and UT basically run oil and gas in Texas. Not everyone's cup of tea, but can't deny that it's lucrative

Yuck, I'd rather my kids find different way to earn a living

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Saw this and thought it was interesting. Basically someone took the average ranking of each college from these sources and created a composite rank for each school relative to all the other schools. It was noted schools like Georgetown and Duke were underranked by US News and schools like UChicago and JHU were overranked. Some of these rankings included focus more on academics and some more on ROI, so with a composite I believe the idea was to see which schools excel in all the important metrics for undergrad.

Hoya Saxa!

[Anonymous]

Rice is an excellent school that gets overlooked to a degree on the coasts based on warped perceptions of Houston and Texas.
I have a friend with a degree from Dartmouth who now lives in Houston and he made a similar comment to the poster who said the schools were similar.

[Anonymous]

No Cornell supporters out there noting that this combined ranking puts it above Brown? Too many people think Cornell is the "worst of the best" just because of USNWR.

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Anonymous wrote:Just ask your self if you were admitted to both Duke and Harvard, which one would you pick regardless of major? Is there really any exception in the answer? That tells you this ranking is worthless.

Everyone wouldn't automatically pick Harvard. Athletes choose Duke over Harvard all the time. That isn't just 1-2 students per year either.
Duke also has some impressive scholarships that lure students considering any other top school (Stanford or Harvard included).

[Anonymous]

Degree choice, washington monthly, money are horrible rankings

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Anonymous wrote:This is great, thank you for sharing OP. I was always confused how Emory ranks so high in US News so this provides some helpful context. A little surprised by how much Brown tumbled, but honestly I can't think of a single department where Brown is a true leader/at the top of the heap. It might just have a ton of help from its ivy league branding?

Emory ranked high on the rankings that matter, It ranked lower on the ROI rankings which makes sense when most are aiming for med school.
US news
22
WSJ
20
College Simply
22
etc.

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Anonymous wrote:No Cornell supporters out there noting that this combined ranking puts it above Brown? Too many people think Cornell is the "worst of the best" just because of USNWR.

As a Cornell alum I never viewed us as the worst ivy. I think it's mostly due to our higher acceptance rate, lower endowment, and hybrid state school model. It really depends how you view it though: our research is certainly better than a few ivies, but some view the quality of our undergrad program as a bit lesser.