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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There's always discussion on the forum about what are the top schools and I'm here to help. I combined both the [b]USNew[/b]s and WSJ rankings to create a more accurate and complete ranking. These two are the most reputable in circulation thus why others weren't used.

1.Harvard
2.MIT
3.Stanford
4.Yale
4. tie Princeton
6. Duke
7. Cal Tech
8. Columbia
8. tie Johns Hopkins
8. tie Northwestern
11. U Chicago
11. tie UPenn
11. tie Brown
14. Dartmouth
15. Cornell
16. Vanderbilt
17. Washington U
18. Rice
19. Emory
20. USC
20. tie CMU
22.Notre Dame
22. tie U Michigan
22. tie UCLA
25. Georgetown
25. NYU[/quote]

Well, UVA is tied with CMU on USNWR for no 25, so I'm gathering your kid didn't get into UVA?[/quote]

Georgetown (7,300 undergrads) is MUCH more selective than UMich Ann Arbor (31,000 undergrads).

Georgetown REQUIRES test scores and requires ALL scores from everyone you took.  It is not on the Common App.  1470 is the avg. SAT score. GU's acceptance rate is 15%

Michigan does not require test scores. It lists 1340 as the SAT score for usual admission.  Michigan's acceptance rate is 26%

Georgetown only ranks lower on this list precisely because it is not a common app school and requires test scores.

This list is a scam because it is all about total number of applicants and acceptances.  More students apply to some of these schools and fewer to some of the others, but the those applying to 'the fewer' are candidates with higher credentials on average.

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I don't think people understand how these lists are generated and the games Universities play to boost the rankings.  IT's fascinating if you read up on it.[/quote]

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