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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My take:

With 2.8 billion Chinese and Indians, a growing Asian domestic population, and a finite number of slots at top schools, my hypothesis is that the top schools we see today will retain their status PLUS get increasingly more difficult to gain entry.  The skills necessary for technological advancements dictates that high-demand STEM graduates will continue to fuel the gap between "elite (and near-elite) institutions and everyone else. The number of international students studying in the US have[b] doubled [/b]over the past 10 years.  These students very much are "name driven" which drives the cycle of upward selectivity at all but a few schools.

My list:

[b]Rich get richer category[/b]
Ivies + UChicago, Stanford, MIT, Caltech, Duke, Johns Hopkins, Rice, Vanderbilt, Notre Dame, Georgetown, Emory, Wash. Univ at SL

Through inertia they will continue to be the #1 destination for the world's elite.  In spite of the spotlight shone on some of the contentious issues of today, I don't see these universities are going anywhere.

[b]The UC system[/b]:
More demand, same supply.  Center of tech and innovation.  Historically, less than half the price of comparable private schools.  Increasing demographic changes skewing Asian ensures robust demand. Internationals love the UC's.

Top flight publics outside of the UC's:
UVA, UNC, Michigan, UIUC, UGA, Florida, Texas, A&M
Population growth in the south, plus tradition,  plus in-state tuition will continue to drive the bus.  Crazy to think that Florida and UGA are now considered to be top flight universities.

Location-driven universities:
Boston, New York, Washington DC, Atlanta, Miami, Dallas, Los Angeles
These schools benefit from being in a world-class city.  Like the UC's, internationals love these schools.  The university enriches the city; likewise, the city enriches the university.
BU, Northeastern, NYU, UMiami, USC, (Tulane??).

The potential up and comers:

East coast: Does GWU or American make that next-level leap considering the draw of D.C.? Again, limited supply at "top" schools means that the top will be filtered lower.

In Texas, does Texas, A&M and Rice suck the oxygen out so that a school like SMU can never make that leap? A growing state with a finite number of elite institutions.

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I think it is more like any top school will get topper.  Any sucky school will get suckier or close.  The middle will stay the middle.[/quote]

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