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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Admissions rate is a terrible indicator.  Colleges can induce unqualified students to apply and then reject them.  Stats of enrolled kids is a better indicator, but with TO and a very low percentage of high schools reporting class rank, this also needs to be taken in context.[/quote]
Admissions rate, if adjusted (to reflect ED rounds, percentage of the class taken ED, and yield) is by far the best indicator we have. Even unadjusted, it is hardly a “terrible indicator.” If it were, you would be able to name a host of “bad” schools with a sub-10% acceptance rate. Go head. Still waiting for even one.[/quote]

Well, why would it be better in any way than stats of enrolled students?   If Northeastern has essentially the same acceptance rate as MIT, is it as selective?[/quote]

Don't be silly.

No one is putting Northeastern in the same category as a MIT or Harvard.

However,  if a college rejects 90% of its applicants, it is selective.[/quote]

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