2026 USNWR Top 30 Private Universities

[Anonymous]

^Agree BC, BU, and NEU benefit from Boston raising their profile. Tufts was always stronger than the other 3.

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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.

Tufts and Emory are not peer schools for one. Emory is more or less a T20, and kids applying to Emory are also applying to WashU, Vandy, Georgetown, Cornell, and Hopkins. And there's no telling which ones they get into if they get into one of them.

What a strange post. I don’t think these are peer schools. In any case, kids apply to reaches, targets, and likelies so a broad spectrum.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There are a lot more kids than those who get into top25 schools that apply to 2nd level schools NYU, BU, BC, NEU, etc. But the $95k a year question why. U Florida is ranked better than any of those privates and has better sports and much better weather. Add in UGA even Ohio State. Those schools attract the slightly above average kids and those privates don’t have the alumni coonections of the top schools- Ivies, Stanford, or Duke.

Florida may be better ranked under the “new” formula that values size and Pell grants, but everyone knows it’s way weaker academically.

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Anonymous wrote:Just calculated, it actually is likely 15% yield for RD.

Just wow.

No one cares, Emory receives more applicants than its peers (except Vanderbilt).

what are its peers exactly? it receives way less in applications vs the actual top 20

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just calculated, it actually is likely 15% yield for RD.

Just wow.

No one cares, Emory receives more applicants than its peers (except Vanderbilt).

what are its peers exactly? it receives way less in applications vs the actual top 20

Vanderbilt, WashU, Rice, Georgetown, CMU, ND, Dartmouth, Cornell

Cornell- 65,612 (2024)
Vanderbilt- 50,084
Emory- 37,855
Rice- 36,777
ND- 35,401
Carnegie Mellon- 33, 941(2024)
WashU-33,283
Dartmouth- 28,230
Georgetown- 26,841

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:^Agree BC, BU, and NEU benefit from Boston raising their profile. Tufts was always stronger than the other 3.

Yes.
Not any more.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:There are a lot more kids than those who get into top25 schools that apply to 2nd level schools NYU, BU, BC, NEU, etc. But the $95k a year question why. U Florida is ranked better than any of those privates and has better sports and much better weather. Add in UGA even Ohio State. Those schools attract the slightly above average kids and those privates don’t have the alumni coonections of the top schools- Ivies, Stanford, or Duke.

Thanks for your opinion.

Personally, I much prefer NYU, BU, BC, and NEU.

Those schools only benefit because of their location. Take them out of Boston, or move NYU to Allentown, PA and you wouldn't have these schools.

LOL totally meaningless.
There are close to 100 colleges in the greater Boston area.
Those a few schools became those schools for reasons.
Good luck finding that alternate universe

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Emory is very nerdy one dimensional vibe. More like a southern Wesleyan.

Yes this was my kid's impression and why he didn't apply. I am sure it's a fine school though.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just calculated, it actually is likely 15% yield for RD.

Just wow.

No one cares, Emory receives more applicants than its peers (except Vanderbilt).

what are its peers exactly? it receives way less in applications vs the actual top 20

Vanderbilt, WashU, Rice, Georgetown, CMU, ND, Dartmouth, Cornell

Cornell- 65,612 (2024)
Vanderbilt- 50,084
Emory- 37,855
Rice- 36,777
ND- 35,401
Carnegie Mellon- 33, 941(2024)
WashU-33,283
Dartmouth- 28,230
Georgetown- 26,841

A few things to point out here. ND is Catholic (very Catholic--82%), so many self select to not apply for that reason. It's also in the middle of nowhere. Still the 9% acceptance rate and 64% yield rate are impressive with no ED.

Georgetown has a separate application, so not even fair to include in this discussion.

Please Emory booster. You are really embarrassing yourself. You might even be outdoing the NEU boosters here. Accept the fact that most students at Emory had to settle because it was their backup school. Why would anyone want to be among a bunch of students that just settled?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just calculated, it actually is likely 15% yield for RD.

Just wow.

No one cares, Emory receives more applicants than its peers (except Vanderbilt).

what are its peers exactly? it receives way less in applications vs the actual top 20

Vanderbilt, WashU, Rice, Georgetown, CMU, ND, Dartmouth, Cornell

Cornell- 65,612 (2024)
Vanderbilt- 50,084
Emory- 37,855
Rice- 36,777
ND- 35,401
Carnegie Mellon- 33, 941(2024)
WashU-33,283
Dartmouth- 28,230
Georgetown- 26,841

A few things to point out here. ND is Catholic (very Catholic--82%), so many self select to not apply for that reason. It's also in the middle of nowhere. Still the 9% acceptance rate and 64% yield rate are impressive with no ED.

Georgetown has a separate application, so not even fair to include in this discussion.

Please Emory booster. You are really embarrassing yourself. You might even be outdoing the NEU boosters here. Accept the fact that most students at Emory had to settle because it was their backup school. Why would anyone want to be among a bunch of students that just settled?

ED to Emory or NYU was first choice for my kid. Kid decided to go with NYU after visiting both.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just calculated, it actually is likely 15% yield for RD.

Just wow.

No one cares, Emory receives more applicants than its peers (except Vanderbilt).

what are its peers exactly? it receives way less in applications vs the actual top 20

Vanderbilt, WashU, Rice, Georgetown, CMU, ND, Dartmouth, Cornell

Cornell- 65,612 (2024)
Vanderbilt- 50,084
Emory- 37,855
Rice- 36,777
ND- 35,401
Carnegie Mellon- 33, 941(2024)
WashU-33,283
Dartmouth- 28,230
Georgetown- 26,841

A few things to point out here. ND is Catholic (very Catholic--82%), so many self select to not apply for that reason. It's also in the middle of nowhere. Still the 9% acceptance rate and 64% yield rate are impressive with no ED.

Georgetown has a separate application, so not even fair to include in this discussion.

Please Emory booster. You are really embarrassing yourself. You might even be outdoing the NEU boosters here. Accept the fact that most students at Emory had to settle because it was their backup school. Why would anyone want to be among a bunch of students that just settled?

ED to Emory or NYU was first choice for my kid. Kid decided to go with NYU after visiting both.

Exactly and the only way Emory can improve its yield is to offer ED. ND doesn't even offer ED and has a enormous yield rate.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just calculated, it actually is likely 15% yield for RD.

Just wow.

No one cares, Emory receives more applicants than its peers (except Vanderbilt).

what are its peers exactly? it receives way less in applications vs the actual top 20

Vanderbilt, WashU, Rice, Georgetown, CMU, ND, Dartmouth, Cornell

Cornell- 65,612 (2024)
Vanderbilt- 50,084
Emory- 37,855
Rice- 36,777
ND- 35,401
Carnegie Mellon- 33, 941(2024)
WashU-33,283
Dartmouth- 28,230
Georgetown- 26,841

A few things to point out here. ND is Catholic (very Catholic--82%), so many self select to not apply for that reason. It's also in the middle of nowhere. Still the 9% acceptance rate and 64% yield rate are impressive with no ED.

Georgetown has a separate application, so not even fair to include in this discussion.

Please Emory booster. You are really embarrassing yourself. You might even be outdoing the NEU boosters here. Accept the fact that most students at Emory had to settle because it was their backup school. Why would anyone want to be among a bunch of students that just settled?

ED to Emory or NYU was first choice for my kid. Kid decided to go with NYU after visiting both.

Exactly and the only way Emory can improve its yield is to offer ED. ND doesn't even offer ED and has an enormous yield rate.

Why are you comparing Emory to ND? My kid liked Emory when they visited. Zero interest in football. ND is great but it’s not for everyone. That’s the beauty of the American college landscape- there’s something for everyone.

[Anonymous]

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

Both schools were in my kids list, now at ND Mendoza.

There's no custom fit school and choices are limited.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just calculated, it actually is likely 15% yield for RD.

Just wow.

No one cares, Emory receives more applicants than its peers (except Vanderbilt).

what are its peers exactly? it receives way less in applications vs the actual top 20

Vanderbilt, WashU, Rice, Georgetown, CMU, ND, Dartmouth, Cornell

Cornell- 65,612 (2024)
Vanderbilt- 50,084
Emory- 37,855
Rice- 36,777
ND- 35,401
Carnegie Mellon- 33, 941(2024)
WashU-33,283
Dartmouth- 28,230
Georgetown- 26,841

A few things to point out here. ND is Catholic (very Catholic--82%), so many self select to not apply for that reason. It's also in the middle of nowhere. Still the 9% acceptance rate and 64% yield rate are impressive with no ED.

Georgetown has a separate application, so not even fair to include in this discussion.

Please Emory booster. You are really embarrassing yourself. You might even be outdoing the NEU boosters here. Accept the fact that most students at Emory had to settle because it was their backup school. Why would anyone want to be among a bunch of students that just settled?

ED to Emory or NYU was first choice for my kid. Kid decided to go with NYU after visiting both.

Exactly and the only way Emory can improve its yield is to offer ED. ND doesn't even offer ED and has an enormous yield rate.

Why are you comparing Emory to ND? My kid liked Emory when they visited. Zero interest in football. ND is great but it’s not for everyone. That’s the beauty of the American college landscape- there’s something for everyone.

It's the Emory boosters keep comparing it to T20 schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just calculated, it actually is likely 15% yield for RD.

Just wow.

No one cares, Emory receives more applicants than its peers (except Vanderbilt).

what are its peers exactly? it receives way less in applications vs the actual top 20

Vanderbilt, WashU, Rice, Georgetown, CMU, ND, Dartmouth, Cornell

Cornell- 65,612 (2024)
Vanderbilt- 50,084
Emory- 37,855
Rice- 36,777
ND- 35,401
Carnegie Mellon- 33, 941(2024)
WashU-33,283
Dartmouth- 28,230
Georgetown- 26,841

A few things to point out here. ND is Catholic (very Catholic--82%), so many self select to not apply for that reason. It's also in the middle of nowhere. Still the 9% acceptance rate and 64% yield rate are impressive with no ED.

Georgetown has a separate application, so not even fair to include in this discussion.

Please Emory booster. You are really embarrassing yourself. You might even be outdoing the NEU boosters here. Accept the fact that most students at Emory had to settle because it was their backup school. Why would anyone want to be among a bunch of students that just settled?

ED to Emory or NYU was first choice for my kid. Kid decided to go with NYU after visiting both.

Exactly and the only way Emory can improve its yield is to offer ED. ND doesn't even offer ED and has an enormous yield rate.

Why are you comparing Emory to ND? My kid liked Emory when they visited. Zero interest in football. ND is great but it’s not for everyone. That’s the beauty of the American college landscape- there’s something for everyone.

Because the Emory booster keeps comparing it to ND.