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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Gosh, whatever will we talk about, then?

And how will strivers know where to apply?[/quote]

actually a funny comment because it is true on many levels

I think US News single handedly raised the reputation of a number of T25 non ivies

Vanderbilt had a 50%+ acceptance rate back at the turn of the century as did USC.

Ivies will always get the apps but Vandy, Northwestern, Duke, Rice, Northeastern, and Wash U are included on many wish lists based solely on the ranking[/quote]

Duke and Vandy have always enjoyed high lay prestige. [/quote]

I disagree with the above statement. Always is a long very time.  [/quote]

Today, many don’t seem to know that U.S. college rankings have been around since the 1920’s, at least among academics. They were completed infrequently and based on surveys of administrators. They mostly helped to guide academic networks. I don’t know about the earliest rankings, but I do know that in the 1950’s Vanderbilt was considered a regional peer to the Ivies. In fact, there was talk about creating a conference of better private southern schools to play the Ivies, but it didn’t gain traction. [/quote]

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