Actually the 2020 list is the best - right before the world went insane: https://www.collegekickstart.com/blog/item/u-s-news-world-report-posts-2020-college-rankings

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Anonymous wrote:Are you also talking about schools like Case Western, Tulane that are not technically in US News's t50 anymore?

USNWR is what educators, parents, students look to first for a general sense before true research takes place.

Anyone can quibble with USNWR methodology, etc. ( funny how people complain when the methodology doesn't suit their preferred school), but any ranking in T75 covers any "slippage."

Exactly this.

I look at this: https://www.collegekickstart.com/blog/item/u-s-news-world-report-posts-2019-college-rankings

A few have moved up (IMO Northeastern is T30 now), but for the most part this list works for me.

I just look at groupings...and sometimes assess by SAT scores. So I look at Wake, Tulane, SMU, Emory as one set because of geography. UVA, W&M, Michigan, Cal, as another. USC, BU, NEU, NYU as another set. Villanova, Fordham, Holy Cross. Georgetown, BC, Notre Dame. Usually the ones at or around the T50 are a small step below the ones above them.

Anonymous wrote:T50 using USNWR 2018 - pre TO, pre pandemic, and not the current methodology that places mobility over academics. To be clear I do not disagree with the institutional policies that promote social mobility, I just disagree that it should be part of ranking methodology.

2018?

Nope.

Anonymous wrote:T50 using USNWR 2018 - pre TO, pre pandemic, and not the current methodology that places mobility over academics. To be clear I do not disagree with the institutional policies that promote social mobility, I just disagree that it should be part of ranking methodology.

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Anonymous wrote:Are you also talking about schools like Case Western, Tulane that are not technically in US News's t50 anymore?

USNWR is what educators, parents, students look to first for a general sense before true research takes place.

Anyone can quibble with USNWR methodology, etc. ( funny how people complain when the methodology doesn't suit their preferred school), but any ranking in T75 covers any "slippage."

Anonymous wrote:What about Syracuse and RPI? Both have been in the Top 50 from time to time.

I think of them as Top100. Because I know students recent grads. They aren’t in the same league as say BC

What about Syracuse and RPI? Both have been in the Top 50 from time to time.

T50 using USNWR 2018 - pre TO, pre pandemic, and not the current methodology that places mobility over academics. To be clear I do not disagree with the institutional policies that promote social mobility, I just disagree that it should be part of ranking methodology.

Anonymous wrote:Personally when I think t50 I guess I mean top 50-ish, especially since w the recent changes some schools fell like 20 spots. But I’m sure people are going to chime in and say of course not and bring up bucknell or whatever.

Bucknell number 1 for street people, or something.

It's definitely flexible, since we're talking about US News here, which is crap to begin with. It would be nicer if DCUM could all use QS, THE or ARWU.

I think of maybe former Top 50 like Tulane UMiami but oddly not northeastern, and GWU is near top 50 and so is Santa Clara maybe Villanova but not Rutgers. Rutgers is not a Top 50. I liked the list from 2020 I guess.

Personally when I think t50 I guess I mean top 50-ish, especially since w the recent changes some schools fell like 20 spots. But I’m sure people are going to chime in and say of course not and bring up bucknell or whatever.

Are you also talking about schools like Case Western, Tulane that are not technically in US News's t50 anymore?