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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As for the talk about Vanderbilt, it’s tough admit shouldn’t be a surprise. It’s a simple combination of great academics, great social scene, great city, and increasingly good sports.  Basically, it’s has it all in a great environment. The recent slippage in the ratings is a shrug. Also, it hadn’t had the political craziness that many elite campuses in the NE have experienced. 
 
Upthread, there was a comparison to Duke. While Duke has a great campus, academics, and basketball team, Durham is terrible and the campus is segregated from the city. Also, while old campus is very collegiate, but the rest of campus feels very corporate. Not a great vibe. [/quote]

It’s astonishing that Vandy has gone from an acceptance rate of 70% 35 years ago to less than 5% now. Wow.[/quote]

If multitudes (50000)of B /C students apply to a university for say 1000 seats , the acceptance rate would be 2%.  Sound selective ,no? …..No!

There are lot more B/C students in the country (IQ ~ 95- 105) and their applying in droves gives an illusion of exclusivity and yet nothing could be further from the truth…..[/quote]

+100 times. This makes the perception of selectivity a thousand times more pronounced.[/quote]

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