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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Because acceptance rates are a function of how desirable a school is, not how good it is. Those are not the same thing.  Many, many people would prefer Blacksburg and its environment and football games etc to Terre Haute and a college that’s 70%+ male.  [/quote]

Yes. Why would think you think the acceptance rate conveys anything about quality, OP?

Acceptance rate can be easily manipulated.

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No, the desirability of a product is measured by its demand.  More students want a VaTech degree.  It is more valuable to the marketplace.

By the same toke, UVA's admission rate is 19%.  George Mason's admission rate is 90%.  Are you telling me these admission rate doesn't inform the public about the quality of the respective schools??[/quote]

Overall correct that the consumers ultimate decide what's quality and value, and it comes down to supply and demand for the most part.  It's not magazine rankings or anything. They can suggest, but the consumers make the ultimate decision.

However it takes little more than acceptance rate. Yield rate(desire to actually attend) and student caliber (demand by higher quality students) also part of the determination.

Thus I say the combination of acceptance rate + yield rate + student caliber determines the ultimate desirability/demand.

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