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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I graduated college in the 90s.  USNWR rankings existed but I don't know anyone who was really aware of them.  This was pre-internet so you would need to buy the magazine or go to the library. Pretty much everybody went to a public college except one who went to West Point and one to Princeton.

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https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/views/2023/10/09/vanderbilts-criticism-us-news-tone-deaf-opinion

"Vanderbilt is in some ways a victim of its own success. It is among a group of nouveau riche institutions that have become dramatically more selective over the past 30 years. In the 1990s, Vanderbilt admitted 65 percent of its applicants (per, ironically, the 1993 edition of the U.S. News ranking), whereas today that number is under 10 percent. Is Vanderbilt that much better today? Probably not. Has that success led to institutional hubris? Perhaps."
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Disagree.  Btw the RD acceptance rate is under 5%.  They have poured investment into every corner - literally transformed the campus with new academic buildings and housing, hired world class professors, new stadium.  It is a marvelous place offering a great education.  Parent of Vanderbilt student [/quote]

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