Anonymous wrote:Columbia may fall out of the top 10.

Columbia was removed from the 2022 ranking (tied at #2) due to recent disclosures of improper data submission to US News. Columbia University is one of a handful of elite schools that does not submit a CDS.

For the top 5, go with the 5 largest endowments (Harvard, Yale, Stanford, Princeton, MIT).

Then Penn, Chicago, Northwestern, Caltech, & Duke in some order.

Johns Hopkins and Columbia tied at #11.

Next grouping: Dartmouth, Brown, Vanderbilt, Cornell, & WashUStL.

Next 5: Rice, Notre Dame, UCLA, & Cal-Berkeley.

USC may move up from its current #27 position.

Anonymous wrote:Columbia may fall out of the top 10.

Columbia was removed from the 2022 ranking (tied at #2) due to recent disclosures of improper data submission to US News. Columbia University is one of a handful of elite schools that does not submit a CDS.

For the top 5, go with the 5 largest endowments (Harvard, Yale, Stanford, Princeton, MIT).

Then Penn, Chicago, Northwestern, Caltech, & Duke in some order.

Johns Hopkins and Columbia tied at #11.

Next grouping: Dartmouth, Brown, Vanderbilt, Cornell, & WashUStL.

Next 5: Rice, Notre Dame, UCLA, & Cal-Berkeley.

USC may move up from its current #27 position.

Anonymous wrote:Columbia may fall out of the top 10.

Columbia was removed from the 2022 ranking (tied at #2) due to recent disclosures of improper data submission to US News. Columbia University is one of a handful of elite schools that does not submit a CDS.

For the top 5, go with the 5 largest endowments (Harvard, Yale, Stanford, Princeton, MIT).

Then Penn, Chicago, Northwestern, Caltech, & Duke in some order.

Johns Hopkins and Columbia tied at #11.

Next grouping: Dartmouth, Brown, Vanderbilt, Cornell, & WashUStL.

Next 5: Rice, Notre Dame, UCLA, & Cal-Berkeley.

USC may move up from its current #27 position.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Liberal Arts Colleges (LAC) ranking guess:

I love Williams College, but I think that Williams, Amherst, Swarthmone, Pomona, Wellesley, and Carleton College are deserving of the top ranking.

Claremont McKenna is in an elite class by itself as is Harvey Mudd College.

Bowdoin College has a friendly, close-knit, elite, prep boarding school feel (more like St. Paul's School & Groton, than Andover or Exeter).

My guess:

1) Williams College
2) Amherst College

3) Pomona College
3) Swarthmore College

5) Wellesley College

6) Bowdoin College
6) Carleton College

8) Claremont McKenna College

9) Middlebury College

10) Colby College (playing the ratings game well)
10) Davidson College
10) Harvey Mudd College

13) Grinnell College
13) Wash & Lee University

15) Hamilton College
15) Haverford College
15) Colgate University

18) USMA-West Point
18) USNA--Annapolis
18) USAFA--Colorado Springs

21) Barnard College
21) Smith College

23) Wesleyan University
24) Kenyon College
25) Bryn Mawr
26) Univ. of Richmond
27) College of the Holy Cross

28) Franklin & Marshall
29) Macalester College
30) Rhodes College

31) Bates College
31) SOKA
31) Thomas Aquinas
31) Oberlin College

35) Occidental College
36) Lafayette College

37) Centre College
37) Whitman College
37) Mount Holyoke College

40) Bucknell University
41) Gettysburg College
42) Trinity College
43) Gettysburg College
44) Furman University

Dear Lord.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Liberal Arts Colleges (LAC) ranking guess:

I love Williams College, but I think that Williams, Amherst, Swarthmone, Pomona, Wellesley, and Carleton College are deserving of the top ranking.

Claremont McKenna is in an elite class by itself as is Harvey Mudd College.

Bowdoin College has a friendly, close-knit, elite, prep boarding school feel (more like St. Paul's School & Groton, than Andover or Exeter).

My guess:

1) Williams College
2) Amherst College

3) Pomona College
3) Swarthmore College

5) Wellesley College

6) Bowdoin College
6) Carleton College

8) Claremont McKenna College

9) Middlebury College

10) Colby College (playing the ratings game well)
10) Davidson College
10) Harvey Mudd College

13) Grinnell College
13) Wash & Lee University

15) Hamilton College
15) Haverford College
15) Colgate University

18) USMA-West Point
18) USNA--Annapolis
18) USAFA--Colorado Springs

21) Barnard College
21) Smith College

23) Wesleyan University
24) Kenyon College
25) Bryn Mawr
26) Univ. of Richmond
27) College of the Holy Cross

28) Franklin & Marshall
29) Macalester College
30) Rhodes College

31) Bates College
31) SOKA
31) Thomas Aquinas
31) Oberlin College

35) Occidental College
36) Lafayette College

37) Centre College
37) Whitman College
37) Mount Holyoke College

40) Bucknell University
41) Gettysburg College
42) Trinity College
43) Gettysburg College
44) Furman University

Not bad predictions. But Rhodes would be moved up considerably? SCOTUS effect?

Anonymous wrote:Liberal Arts Colleges (LAC) ranking guess:

I love Williams College, but I think that Williams, Amherst, Swarthmone, Pomona, Wellesley, and Carleton College are deserving of the top ranking.

Claremont McKenna is in an elite class by itself as is Harvey Mudd College.

Bowdoin College has a friendly, close-knit, elite, prep boarding school feel (more like St. Paul's School & Groton, than Andover or Exeter).

My guess:

1) Williams College
2) Amherst College

3) Pomona College
3) Swarthmore College

5) Wellesley College

6) Bowdoin College
6) Carleton College

8) Claremont McKenna College

9) Middlebury College

10) Colby College (playing the ratings game well)
10) Davidson College
10) Harvey Mudd College

13) Grinnell College
13) Wash & Lee University

15) Hamilton College
15) Haverford College
15) Colgate University

18) USMA-West Point
18) USNA--Annapolis
18) USAFA--Colorado Springs

21) Barnard College
21) Smith College

23) Wesleyan University
24) Kenyon College
25) Bryn Mawr
26) Univ. of Richmond
27) College of the Holy Cross

28) Franklin & Marshall
29) Macalester College
30) Rhodes College

31) Bates College
31) SOKA
31) Thomas Aquinas
31) Oberlin College

35) Occidental College
36) Lafayette College

37) Centre College
37) Whitman College
37) Mount Holyoke College

40) Bucknell University
41) Gettysburg College
42) Trinity College
43) Gettysburg College
44) Furman University

Anonymous wrote:Liberal Arts Colleges (LAC) ranking guess:

I love Williams College, but I think that Williams, Amherst, Swarthmone, Pomona, Wellesley, and Carleton College are deserving of the top ranking.

Claremont McKenna is in an elite class by itself as is Harvey Mudd College.

Bowdoin College has a friendly, close-knit, elite, prep boarding school feel (more like St. Paul's School & Groton, than Andover or Exeter).

My guess:

1) Williams College
2) Amherst College

3) Pomona College
3) Swarthmore College

5) Wellesley College

6) Bowdoin College
6) Carleton College

8) Claremont McKenna College

9) Middlebury College

10) Colby College (playing the ratings game well)
10) Davidson College
10) Harvey Mudd College

13) Grinnell College
13) Wash & Lee University

15) Hamilton College
15) Haverford College
15) Colgate University

18) USMA-West Point
18) USNA--Annapolis
18) USAFA--Colorado Springs

21) Barnard College
21) Smith College

23) Wesleyan University
24) Kenyon College
25) Bryn Mawr
26) Univ. of Richmond
27) College of the Holy Cross

28) Franklin & Marshall
29) Macalester College
30) Rhodes College

31) Bates College
31) SOKA
31) Thomas Aquinas
31) Oberlin College

35) Occidental College
36) Lafayette College

37) Centre College
37) Whitman College
37) Mount Holyoke College

40) Bucknell University
41) Gettysburg College
42) Trinity College
43) Gettysburg College
44) Furman University

Anonymous wrote:They are coming out September 12th: https://www.usnews.com/education/blogs/college-rankings-blog/articles/2022-08-22/2022-2023-best-colleges-rankings-coming-sept-12

What are your predictions for the new list?