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[quote=Anonymous]Unless the results on Parchment are color coded the results are not statistically significant and cannot be trusted, likely because not enough people voted to have accurate results. Read the fine print!

Among T25 USNews schools:
Vandy “loses”:
HPYSM
Penn
Brown
Dartmouth
UChicago
Columbia
Notre Dame
UCLA
Cal
CalTech 
JHU

Vanderbilt “wins”
Emory
CMU
Wash U
Georgetown

Vanderbilt “ties”- results are not statistically significant (most likely not enough votes on parchment to yield a reliable result at 95%):
Michigan
UVA
Duke
Northwestern 
Rice
Cornell

This generally makes sense based on the current ranking of #18 and historical ranking of about 16-21 they’ve had. When there is a greater difference in ranking/prestige, Vanderbilt is not likely to be picked but the closer the rankings get or the higher Vandy is ranked in comparison, it’s more likely Vanderbilt wins. I didn’t go beyond T25 much but if you do Vanderbilt starts to win more in comparison. And for some of the ties or “wins” I’d bet the cultural differences (location, public schools where in-state students are more likely to stay at their flagship due to cost, religious affiliation in the case of Notre Dame), that would be a deciding factor. Many of these students apply to the same group of schools so there is much overlap.

Vanderbilt is clearly an elite school with an extremely low acceptance rate. Students who go there are happy and the alumni network is strong. It has been ranked in the top 20 for a long long time.

Not sure why so much hate, there are lots of schools that remain test optional in the top 20 and these schools will likely continue as long as it’s beneficial to them. Remember schools do what’s in their best interest- not the applicant’s, no matter what the party line is that they put out.
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