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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For those that are new to this thread and don't want to read 15 pages, there is a clear reason why Colby had such a low acceptance rate: The number of applications have skyrocketed.

And there is a reason why applications have skyrocketed. My DC just got a postcard from Colby, it said:

1) No application fee, it is free to apply.
2) No supplemental essays.
3) They said any family with under $75K income is likely to get free tuition.
4) They said any family with under $150K income is likely to pay around $15,000 a year.
5) Average student gets $68K in aid.

So even if you don't know anything about the school, never visited, etc., all you have to do is press a button on the Common App. and can get a decision from the staff and possibly a ton of financial aid.

Can't hurt to apply? And apparently a ton of students are doing so, and Colby is rejected almost all of them. [/quote]

+1. Yet another school
marketing itself to
jump in the rankings[/quote]

-2.  Yet another poster who does not understand that acceptance rate is not used in the USN rankings.[/quote]

It is crazy that supposed bright people do not know this.  Acceptance rate are not used.  SAT scores are barely used.  US News uses an equity driven ranking  system.  [/quote]

It’s understandable that they don’t know it.  What’s crazy is that they still feel compelled to come to places like this and spread bad information before they do any research.  Which would take 5 minutes on the USN website.  Ask me how I know. :-)[/quote]
Acceptance rate factors into US News indirectly as its reputation score. [/quote]

You fail math.  There is no such thing as “indirectly” in a formula.[/quote]
Reputation is a survey. If you think there is no correlation between acceptance rates and reputation amongst a significant proportion of survey takers, well, let’s just say you had best stick to your elementary school algorithms.[/quote]

I think that you should read the rankings methodology of USNWR. I’ve copied it here for your convenience. https://www.usnews.com/education/best-colleges/articles/ranking-criteria-and-weights

Most notably, the “reputation” score you are referring to is the “Peer Assessment” ranking factor which is a score given by top administrators of other colleges in the academic quality of a college (scored 1-5). I don’t see any impact of acceptance rates here. Can you elaborate?[/quote]

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