2026 USNWR Top 30 Private Universities

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Top 10
Top 20
Top 50

All the rest is noise.

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Agreed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Northwestern and Hopkins are not top 10 schools. Dartmouth is better than Cornell and Columbia tops Cornell. ND is better than Vandy and Georgetown much better than Emory. Maybe some anti-Catholic bias. Don’t feel USC is top30. Who cares about NYU, BC, BU, NEU, Lehigh, and Rochester. Tufts is a historically good school.

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Says who? YOU.

Please.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Northwestern and Hopkins are not top 10 schools. Dartmouth is better than Cornell and Columbia tops Cornell. ND is better than Vandy and Georgetown much better than Emory. Maybe some anti-Catholic bias. Don’t feel USC is top30. Who cares about NYU, BC, BU, NEU, Lehigh, and Rochester. Tufts is a historically good school.

Vandy is better than ND, and Emory is better than Georgetown and ND. No one cares about yeild. Emory's test median is a 1530, it could drop the median 50 points if it really wanted to raise its yeild. They dont want to and frankly they shouldn't. Emory has a lot more money than Georgetown and stronger students. And is better at relevant majors.

so it could raise yield by getting dumber students despite massive use of ED and oxford campus? it’s already enrolling lackluster students with test optional. median sat is likely 1450 with test required. plus the 1530 is for admits. freshman in top 10% of class rank is 80% - subpar all around

Mind you, you did not go to a T25 school and NO ONE CARES ABOUT YEILD!!! The Median SAT score was 1470 before the test-optional policy. Admits and enrolled aren't much different at Emory, last year's admits were a 1520, enrolled a 1510. I said 1530 because, at the admitted students day, Emory Adcoms stated they admitted a 1540 median, so it should be a 1530 enrolled if trends continue. Either way, we can tell you went to a public school and are still bitter about your outcomes, either that or some girl from Emory broke your heart.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Northwestern and Hopkins are not top 10 schools. Dartmouth is better than Cornell and Columbia tops Cornell. ND is better than Vandy and Georgetown much better than Emory. Maybe some anti-Catholic bias. Don’t feel USC is top30. Who cares about NYU, BC, BU, NEU, Lehigh, and Rochester. Tufts is a historically good school.

Vandy is better than ND, and Emory is better than Georgetown and ND. No one cares about yeild. Emory's test median is a 1530, it could drop the median 50 points if it really wanted to raise its yeild. They dont want to and frankly they shouldn't. Emory has a lot more money than Georgetown and stronger students. And is better at relevant majors.

And ND has more money than Emory and Georgetown combined, so there's that.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Northwestern and Hopkins are not top 10 schools. Dartmouth is better than Cornell and Columbia tops Cornell. ND is better than Vandy and Georgetown much better than Emory. Maybe some anti-Catholic bias. Don’t feel USC is top30. Who cares about NYU, BC, BU, NEU, Lehigh, and Rochester. Tufts is a historically good school.

Vandy is better than ND, and Emory is better than Georgetown and ND. No one cares about yeild. Emory's test median is a 1530, it could drop the median 50 points if it really wanted to raise its yeild. They dont want to and frankly they shouldn't. Emory has a lot more money than Georgetown and stronger students. And is better at relevant majors.

so it could raise yield by getting dumber students despite massive use of ED and oxford campus? it’s already enrolling lackluster students with test optional. median sat is likely 1450 with test required. plus the 1530 is for admits. freshman in top 10% of class rank is 80% - subpar all around

Mind you, you did not go to a T25 school and NO ONE CARES ABOUT YEILD!!! The Median SAT score was 1470 before the test-optional policy. Admits and enrolled aren't much different at Emory, last year's admits were a 1520, enrolled a 1510. I said 1530 because, at the admitted students day, Emory Adcoms stated they admitted a 1540 median, so it should be a 1530 enrolled if trends continue. Either way, we can tell you went to a public school and are still bitter about your outcomes, either that or some girl from Emory broke your heart.

Of course nobody cares about yield, but yield is very telling about students actually wanting to be there and demand for the school. I wouldn't want to attend a school where 70% of those admitted choose to go elsewhere.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Northwestern and Hopkins are not top 10 schools. Dartmouth is better than Cornell and Columbia tops Cornell. ND is better than Vandy and Georgetown much better than Emory. Maybe some anti-Catholic bias. Don’t feel USC is top30. Who cares about NYU, BC, BU, NEU, Lehigh, and Rochester. Tufts is a historically good school.

Vandy is better than ND, and Emory is better than Georgetown and ND. No one cares about yeild. Emory's test median is a 1530, it could drop the median 50 points if it really wanted to raise its yeild. They dont want to and frankly they shouldn't. Emory has a lot more money than Georgetown and stronger students. And is better at relevant majors.

And ND has more money than Emory and Georgetown combined, so there's that.

The Catholic cult is strong. Methodist one is strong too, however. ND doesn't have a medical school. Emory and GU do. Why can't ND get a higher ranking? It has more money than 5 Ivies?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Northwestern and Hopkins are not top 10 schools. Dartmouth is better than Cornell and Columbia tops Cornell. ND is better than Vandy and Georgetown much better than Emory. Maybe some anti-Catholic bias. Don’t feel USC is top30. Who cares about NYU, BC, BU, NEU, Lehigh, and Rochester. Tufts is a historically good school.

Vandy is better than ND, and Emory is better than Georgetown and ND. No one cares about yeild. Emory's test median is a 1530, it could drop the median 50 points if it really wanted to raise its yeild. They dont want to and frankly they shouldn't. Emory has a lot more money than Georgetown and stronger students. And is better at relevant majors.

so it could raise yield by getting dumber students despite massive use of ED and oxford campus? it’s already enrolling lackluster students with test optional. median sat is likely 1450 with test required. plus the 1530 is for admits. freshman in top 10% of class rank is 80% - subpar all around

Mind you, you did not go to a T25 school and NO ONE CARES ABOUT YEILD!!! The Median SAT score was 1470 before the test-optional policy. Admits and enrolled aren't much different at Emory, last year's admits were a 1520, enrolled a 1510. I said 1530 because, at the admitted students day, Emory Adcoms stated they admitted a 1540 median, so it should be a 1530 enrolled if trends continue. Either way, we can tell you went to a public school and are still bitter about your outcomes, either that or some girl from Emory broke your heart.

Of course nobody cares about yield, but yield is very telling about students actually wanting to be there and demand for the school. I wouldn't want to attend a school where 70% of those admitted choose to go elsewhere.

You sound like the type to ask women what they bring to the table. If you're the only one who cares about yield, then you're the weird one. Emory's lower yield doesn't affect its freshman retention rate, which remains at 96%, the same as that of its peers. https://premium.usnews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-universities/freshmen-least-most-likely-return

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A large private school is no different as a practical matter from a top state flagship.

Oh Hell no. You have no clue. Just say you have no clue.

[Anonymous]

Comparing ND to Emory is silly. Two very different schools with different cultures. I’d be very surprised if a kid applied to both.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Northwestern and Hopkins are not top 10 schools. Dartmouth is better than Cornell and Columbia tops Cornell. ND is better than Vandy and Georgetown much better than Emory. Maybe some anti-Catholic bias. Don’t feel USC is top30. Who cares about NYU, BC, BU, NEU, Lehigh, and Rochester. Tufts is a historically good school.

dartmouth stem and engineering sucks. hopkins and NU better than most ivies

100% agree.

But, be forewarned that the workloads & expectations at JHU & Northwestern are not for the faint-of-heart. Some majors at NU are normal Top 10 to Top 20 demands, but most are quite demanding. A difference is that some students/majors are cutthroat at JHU--something that is not present at NU.

There are so many outstanding colleges & universities in the US that one should be able to match his/her comfort level whether it be intense or to coast.

Cornell is also a great school which has some ultra-competitive majors.

[Anonymous]

Who goes to Emory no sports or school spirit.

[Anonymous]

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?

[Anonymous]

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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?

1. Your kids are at a T-20 and applied Tufts/Emory as safeties.
2. You were rejected by Emory or Tufts.
3. The last time you were around college admissions was 1990.
4. You went to Emory or Tufts as a fallback in 1990.

Where is the hate coming from?just guessing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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?

1. Your kids are at a T-20 and applied Tufts/Emory as safeties.
2. You were rejected by Emory or Tufts.
3. The last time you were around college admissions was 1990.
4. You went to Emory or Tufts as a fallback in 1990.

Where is the hate coming from?just guessing.

No hate for either. I think both are strong! I was responding to/ asking for clarification from someone seeming to hate both, though.

[Anonymous]

My kid looked at both Tufts and Emory and did not apply to any Ivies or other T-10’s. They were high stats, personable, significant but ordinary EC’s, did not have what whatever narrative or “it” factor to give them a shot at a T-10. They knew it, and adjusted their expectations accordingly and happily. I suspect many kids are doing the same. Top Kids coming into the college process today don’t even have the same expectation of getting into a T-10 as we did a generation ago.