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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]College of Holy Cross although I don't consider it a step below. Beautiful campus.[/quote]

I'd say most would consider Holy Cross to be a "better" school than Villanova.[/quote]

Apples and oranges. Villanova is a doctoral level research university with undergraduate colleges of Business, Engineering, and Nursing in addition to Arts & Science. It also has a Law School. Holy Cross is strictly a small liberal arts college with undergraduate majors in Arts & Sciences only.

Holy Cross used to be known as being more selective than Villanova, but that is no longer the case. Here is a comparison of recent acceptance rates:

Holy Cross - 37% (2016) - 43% (2021) - ??? (2022)*
Villanova - 43% (2016) - 31% (2021) - 23% (2022)

*Holy Cross has not yet announced its acceptance rate for 2022.

I picked 2016 because that year Villanova won the NCAA basketball championship. Three Final Fours and 2 national championships later, Villanova has seen a spike in applications with an accompanying decline in acceptance rates. Meanwhile, Holy Cross is now where Villanova was in 2016 in its acceptance rate as Villanova has seen a steady drop in acceptance rates in the same period.[/quote]

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