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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Interesting interview from the guy who oversees the rankings:

http://www.dukechronicle.com/articles/2012/10/19/us-news-rankings-editor-talks-duke-recent-trends

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"acceptance rate counts only 1.5 percent in the final score" - so much for gaming the rankings by lowering the acceptance rate.[/quote]

According to the New Yorker article in OP's original post, "selectivity" has a weight of 15%.[/quote]

Apples and oranges.  Acceptance rate is one factor (say 10%) of selectivity (which is say 15% of overall ranking), so acceptance rate is 0.10 x 0.15 or 1.5% of overall ranking.  I don't know the exact weights given, but I'm guessing the guy who oversees the US News rankings has a pretty good handle on it.[/quote]

I doubt very much the acceptance rate is only 10% of selectivity. What is the other 90%? Maybe matriculation rates and ... What else?Unless you can actually document this 10% weight within the selectivity component of the index, the fact that the math conveniently works out for your point isn't enough.[/quote]

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