Reply to Why are WASP so elite?

Forum Index » College and University Discussion

Reply to "Why are WASP so elite? "

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Of course Bowdoin is tier 1. It’s ranked 5th by US News and has a 7% acceptance rate.[/quote]

I guess you have no sense for historical perspective. Amherst and Williams have always been top 3 (and top 2 since 2003). Bowdoin bats around the top 10. It was ranked #3 in 2018 and #9 in 2024. After AWS, the order changes based on the changes in USNews' criteria.

In fact, between 2000 and 2020, Middlebury outranked Bowdoin in USNews 10 times, Bowdoin outranked Middlebury 6 times, and they tied 5 times.

Let's see where the chips fall over the next few years. Outside AWS, these other top 10 LACs dance around each other depending on the whims of USNews. [/quote]

Wellesley, Pomona, Bowdoin, Middlebury, and Carleton have all traded spots back and forth over the last 35 years. Add in the other three and you have 8 academically indistinguishable schools who's rankings wiggle a little because of the whims of USNWR. None of these schools are better or worse than any of the others in the group.[/quote]

US News matters less every year; it has long since jumped the shark. Try to develop views independent of US News’ latest intern.[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics