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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Anyone know cross-admit data? I'd bet over 90% choose UofC for no other reason than it's #3 and Brown is #14 on US News.[/quote]

No one actually thinks that Chicago is #3 and the split is far from a 90% - 10%. Brown might not be a top 10 school and might be possibly the weakest or second-weakest ivy, but there are plenty of reasons a cross-admit would choose Brown over Chicago, including the ivy league brand. Parchment actually says 49% Chicago - 51% Brown. [/quote]

Clearly you don't have analysis skills, so I will point a few things out

1) Parchment doesn't break cross admit data by ED vs RD. So any school with an ED plan should have a massive advantage against a school that only had EA till a year ago, if applicants apply to both schools. It is amazing that Brown doesn't have a ratio of 70% to 30%. That tells you what you really need to know. Even with ED, Brown is not competing very well with Chicago on cross admits. 
2) Parchment data is not broken by year, so it includes old data when Chicago did not have ED. It will take a few years for that data to get included. 
3) The sample size of parchment is quite small. so it is hard to make any definitive predictions based on that limited data set.

As far as [b]"No one actually thinks that Chicago is #3 ". Well everybody has opinions.[/b] The only problem is nobody cares about yours and many kids put way too much weight on the USNews ranking, which is sad, b[b]ut they still have a lot of influence[/b]. [/quote]

Hahahah everyone knows Chicago is hilariously overrated by USNews. USNews has a lot of influence but not at this level in the rankings and not to this extent. If it did Princeton would be seen as more desirable than HYS for example. Doesnt work this way. 
Only desperate Chicago boosters think their school is a bona fide #3 because USNews says so. [b]Chicago is a bona fide #6-#10, that is as far as it goes. Not an opinion, just a fact [/b]backed by all sorts of metrics.  
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Listen child, first go back to elementary school and learn the definitions of these words

Facts
Opinions

Or maybe they didn't teach you this at whatever pathetic school you attend, that the entire ranking universe is OPINION. Just because in your delusional reptilian head you have a certain ranking that seems real to you, doesn't mean everybody or anybody else agrees with you. Now here is a fact: USNews is not measuring "student preference", it is trying to measure "best colleges in America" based on certain input factors. If you use USNews' methodology, then indeed Princeton offers a better overall undergrad experience than Stanford and so does Chicago. Quibble with their methodology if you want but don't embarrass yourself by conflating fact and opinion.

Now repeat after me slowly "WHAT I THINK OF A SCHOOL'S RANK IS  MY OPINION NOT A FACT AND SAYING THAT IT IS A FACT MAKES ME A DIMWITTED MENTAL SLOTH"

Good! Now go back and do your homework child!!

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