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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is another reason why the US News rankings for publics are bunk: Rutgers with its 66% acceptance rate is not BC, Tufts, or BU, though it is ranked essentially the same. Not. Even. Close.[/quote]
First, after having finally started using common app, Rutgers' applications increased by ~60% so its admit rate is likely to be closer to 45% this year.  Second, as I told my daughter, who was admitted to Rutgers yesterday, the top 6000 kids at Rutgers are at least as talented and accomplished as the 6000 kids who make up Tufts student body and as the top 6000 at BC and BU.  NJ has one of the highest NMS cutoffs and is chock-a-block with very smart students. Many of them attend Rutgers for various reasons, including its cost.  It is always the most popular destination for graduates of our (top 5 in the state) high school.

That said, the campus (spread out, maybe not so aesthetically pleasing) is probably a bit of a problem that helps to keep it from being mentioned in the same breath as the top state schools in the country.[/quote]

Rutgers being a USNWR T50 school - public OR private - works. Thanks.[/quote]

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