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[quote=Anonymous][quote] I remember back in the 1970s when the thick Barron’s Guide to Colleges was very influential. It ranked colleges in categories for the difficulty of admissions. Their tiers were Most Competitive, Highly Competitive, Very Competitive, Competitive, Less Competitive, and Non-Competitive. Cornell & Penn were Highly Competitive, as was UVA.[/quote] In the late 70's and 80's, the Barrons Guide ranked Cornell and Penn -- all the Ivies -- as Most Competitive admissions. Same for of course Stanford and MIT, and Duke, and Rice. And Wesleyan (along with Amherst, Williams, Swarthmore and I think Haverford). UVA was Highly Competitive. Georgetown was Most Competitive, and Middlebury and Hamilton were Highly Competitive. USC was maybe Very Competitive (or Competitive Plus?), as was NYU. Northeastern may have been "Competitive Plus" or just Competitive. Ugh - talk about brain cells I'll never get back. [/quote]
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