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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's not just "interesting," it makes a lot more sense than using odds of admission numbers. For example, the Curtis Institute of Music and Julliard have the lowest admissions rates in the country, lower than Harvard's rates, but would you really argue that all high school seniors find these two schools more "desirable" than Harvard? No, and that's because your odds of admission numbers are contingent on key factors outside of pure desirability, such as the number of open slots. [/quote]

It's debatable whether or not your approach makes more sense.  I guess it depends on how you define "desirable" and what you're trying to measure.

If we apply your approach to colleges, here are the 10 most desirable colleges, ranked by the number of applications each receives:

School name (state) / Applications received / U.S. News rank & category
University of California—Los Angeles / 57,670 / 25, National Universities
St. John’s University (NY) / 54,871 / 152, National Universities
University of California—Berkeley / 50,393	21, National Universities
Drexel University (PA) / 48,718 / 88, National Universities
University of California—San Diego / 48,093 / 37, National Universities
California State University—Long Beach / 47,673 / 26, Regional Universities (West)
University of California—Santa Barbara / 46,671 / 42, National Universities
University of California—Irvine / 45,742 / 45, National Universities
San Diego State University	44,848 / 164, National Universities
Tulane University (LA)	 / 43,815 / 50, National Universities[/quote]

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