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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So the downturn is more recent.  [/quote]

No.  I'm stopping now because you are either lying on purpose or too dense to understand.  The facts remain here for anyone still following this bull:

http://www2.oberlin.edu/instres/irhome/admissions.pdf

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All that shows is that Oberlin does not enjoy the increased popularity or the rise in student quality that first tier SLAC’s have enjoyed over the past 5 years.  It’s a LAC, not a SLAC[/quote]

Move the target yet again.  Fine you can have that claim, now that the steep decline claim has been disproved 100%.[/quote]

The original post said a decline, not a "steep decline," so nothing was disproved.  Truth hurts[/quote]

The original claim was that Oberlin has been declining.  This theory has been debunked by what appears to be a professional college statistician PP above.  Now this dude is claiming other schools have been increasing popularity or the "rise in student quality" over the years.  This person did move the goal post.

What probably happened over the years is that the US News methodology changed.  Just last year, it added "social mobility" as a factor in its ranking game.  Schools moved up and down the ranking in 2019 based on this criterion alone.  If you and your kids are the type that like to hobnob with the underprivileged, URM, first gen., Pell grant recipients, well, God bless you.  The world needs more people like you.  That said, "social mobility" is not truly an academic rigor factor.  One more reason why many people poo-poo the U$ News ranking.  [/quote]

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