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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Speaking of Engineering

Northeastern beat Berkeley here for per capita

https://www.collegetransitions.com/dataverse/top-feeders-engineering[/quote]

Northeastern's rise in the rankings has been meteoric, but has the quality of education actually increased that much since the 1990s when it was basically open admissions? My fartknocker cousin went there in 1995ish as a last resort when he couldn't even get into UMass Amherst. His nickname in the family was "short bus" because he was so dim. But Northeastern let him in and even gave him a degree (albeit after about 6-7 years). I find it hard to believe it's a completely different school now than the joke it was back then.[/quote]

A lot of the newly “great” schools are based on computer science and other STEM programs. Kids are falling over themselves to get into STEM programs and there are only so many seats at the very top programs. That means many smart kids still have to go somewhere. With test optional, kids are less certain where they will match, so they apply to 10-15 colleges instead of 3-5. The extra applications drive up numbers at lower ranking schools, but even these colleges have a limited number of seats. All the excess applications look like increased selectivity, but it’s really just a numbers game caused by a wacky system. [/quote]

This. The truly great schools have a 20-30 year reputation of being well-ranked. Look for the long-run trend, not the change in the last few years. [/quote]

People were saying the same thing for USC and NYU when they were rising.  
You can see which schools are rising and which schools are declining.

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