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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don’t think these rankings are crazy - I think these schools were overhyped. But I think it will affect their number of early decision applications, and their overall yield. We know people in Virginia who applied full pay early decision to Washington University. But now, why would you? You can go to just as good of a school for the fraction of the cost. Same thing with schools that take a huge percentage of the their class ED. Tulane is ranked the same as Indiana and relies heavily on ED. I just don’t see them having that demand. And then when aid packages come out, status conscious, upper middle class parents won’t be willing to shell out a lot more for the same ranking. [/quote]

And I find it fascinating Wake Forest released a statement - they must be nervous about the upcoming early decision round. WSJ rankings didn’t cause any statements. These are respected.[/quote]

I think it’s important that schools like Wake Forest remind potential students that their strengths— offering very small class sizes with a high number of professors with PhDs — is no longer valued by the US News methodology.  The school truly does offer a slac type experience combined with D1 power five sports in a medium size school environment with three years guaranteed housing on campus.  It’s a unique combination that meets what a lot of kids are looking for.  Tulane has New Orleans and that isn’t going anywhere.

The newly T25 public were already near impossible  oos to get into so it is not like that’s an option for most kids, admission will only get more difficult.[/quote]

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