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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Saw this and thought it was interesting. Basically someone took the average ranking of each college from these sources and created a composite rank for each school relative to all the other schools. It was noted schools like Georgetown and Duke were underranked by US News and schools like UChicago and JHU were overranked. Some of these rankings included focus more on academics and some more on ROI, so with a composite I believe the idea was to see which schools excel in all the important metrics for undergrad.

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I think Rice will go down in these rankings solely due to location. I know at least a few very bright kids who didn’t apply to Rice this year because it’s in Texas and they’re worried about policy down there.[/quote]

Maybe, but I doubt it. It's not like those kids would have considered Rice/Texas in the past, if they don't like Texas now they most likely wouldn't have liked it then. Rice has its own very strong base of feeder schools and top students from the South so they'll be more than fine.[/quote]

+1 Rice is extremely desirable for a lot of students. IMO it's like the Dartmouth of the south -- heavy undergrad focus, great academics, small student body. Main difference is that it's in a vibrant city while Dartmouth is in the middle of nowhere[/quote]

Rice and UT basically run oil and gas in Texas. Not everyone's cup of tea, but can't deny that it's lucrative[/quote]

Yuck, I'd rather my kids find different way to earn a living[/quote]

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