Anonymous wrote:Bowdoin's Mamdani changes my whole view about liberal arts colleges.

Fight for the common goods.

Not quant firms.

Yes, the big problem in this world is not enough Communists.

Anonymous wrote:

He could be the future president.

Mamdani is a naturalized citizen--he's ineligible to be president. And who knows--Trump may try to take his citizenship away, since Trump is threatening to do that to some naturalized citizens.

Trump has a crush on Mamdani. He seemed absolutely besotted with him when they met recently. He realizes how popular he is in NYC right now, respects his charisma, and probably won't touch him. If anything, he'll want to attach himself to Mamdani's successes.

That’s ridiculous because Howard and UMD should heave been ranked much higher ok?

Anonymous wrote:Emory mom here...
Emory ranks above Vanderbilt, Rice, WashU, Berkeley. Just behind Notre Dame schools this forum swears Emory isnt peers with.

They'll try to ignore it. Emory is criminally underrated, because of lack of D1 sports and the type of city its in.

Emory mom here...
Emory ranks above Vanderbilt, Rice, WashU, Berkeley. Just behind Notre Dame schools this forum swears Emory isnt peers with.

He could be the future president.

Mamdani is a naturalized citizen--he's ineligible to be president. And who knows--Trump may try to take his citizenship away, since Trump is threatening to do that to some naturalized citizens.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No LACs, as expected

I see 2 LACs only - Middlebury and Amherst. But I agree it's not many.

I had Chat Gpt control for population size

So we will create a “Leadership Density Index (LDI)” where:

75% weight = TIME Future Leaders rank

25% weight = inverse enrollment size
(smaller student body = higher score)

I normalized enrollment into tiers so this stays intuitive and not math-heavy.

🧠 Leadership Density Index – Top Schools
🥇 Tier 1: Elite Leadership Factories (High Leaders / Low Population)
LDI Rank School
1 Harvard
2 Stanford
3 Yale
4 Princeton
5 MIT
6 Dartmouth
7 Brown
8 Columbia
9 UPenn
10 Duke
11 UChicago
12 Northwestern
13 Georgetown
14 Cornell
15 Notre Dame
These schools dominate because they combine:

Top-15 TIME rank

Relatively small enrollment

Extremely high leadership placement per capita

🥈 Tier 2: Hidden Powerhouses (Smaller but Massive Output)
LDI Rank School
16 Emory
17 Vanderbilt
18 Tufts
19 Rice
20 WashU (St. Louis)
21 William & Mary
22 Caltech
23 Amherst
24 Middlebury
25 Smith College
26 Wake Forest
27 Pepperdine
28 Villanova
29 Trinity University
30 Mount Holyoke
These schools produce outsized leadership results relative to their size.

🥉 Tier 3: Big Schools That Still Punch Above Their Weight
LDI Rank School
31 UVA
32 USC
33 UCLA
34 NYU
35 Boston College
36 GW
37 Syracuse
38 Miami (FL)
39 Tulane
40 Lehigh
41 Georgia Tech
42 UC Berkeley
43 Michigan
44 UNC Chapel Hill
45 Indiana University

Anonymous wrote:No LACs, as expected

I see 2 LACs only - Middlebury and Amherst. But I agree it's not many.

I had Chat Gpt control for population size

So we will create a “Leadership Density Index (LDI)” where:

75% weight = TIME Future Leaders rank

25% weight = inverse enrollment size
(smaller student body = higher score)

I normalized enrollment into tiers so this stays intuitive and not math-heavy.

🧠 Leadership Density Index – Top Schools
🥇 Tier 1: Elite Leadership Factories (High Leaders / Low Population)
LDI Rank School
1 Harvard
2 Stanford
3 Yale
4 Princeton
5 MIT
6 Dartmouth
7 Brown
8 Columbia
9 UPenn
10 Duke
11 UChicago
12 Northwestern
13 Georgetown
14 Cornell
15 Notre Dame
These schools dominate because they combine:

Top-15 TIME rank

Relatively small enrollment

Extremely high leadership placement per capita

🥈 Tier 2: Hidden Powerhouses (Smaller but Massive Output)
LDI Rank School
16 Emory
17 Vanderbilt
18 Tufts
19 Rice
20 WashU (St. Louis)
21 William & Mary
22 Caltech
23 Amherst
24 Middlebury
25 Smith College
26 Wake Forest
27 Pepperdine
28 Villanova
29 Trinity University
30 Mount Holyoke
These schools produce outsized leadership results relative to their size.

🥉 Tier 3: Big Schools That Still Punch Above Their Weight
LDI Rank School
31 UVA
32 USC
33 UCLA
34 NYU
35 Boston College
36 GW
37 Syracuse
38 Miami (FL)
39 Tulane
40 Lehigh
41 Georgia Tech
42 UC Berkeley
43 Michigan
44 UNC Chapel Hill
45 Indiana University

Anonymous wrote:No LACs, as expected

Probably should have read the article. Top LACs do very well relative to their size.

Anonymous wrote:Bowdoin's Mamdani changes my whole view about liberal arts colleges.

Fight for the common goods.

Not quant firms.

He could be the future president.

Bowdoin's Mamdani changes my whole view about liberal arts colleges.

Fight for the common goods.

Not quant firms.

This ranking largely depends on law school, med school, mba as the basis. LAC has no professional schools, but their graduates all go to these professional schools.

No LACs, as expected

I had Chat Gpt control for population size

So we will create a “Leadership Density Index (LDI)” where:

75% weight = TIME Future Leaders rank

25% weight = inverse enrollment size
(smaller student body = higher score)

I normalized enrollment into tiers so this stays intuitive and not math-heavy.

🧠 Leadership Density Index – Top Schools
🥇 Tier 1: Elite Leadership Factories (High Leaders / Low Population)
LDI Rank School
1 Harvard
2 Stanford
3 Yale
4 Princeton
5 MIT
6 Dartmouth
7 Brown
8 Columbia
9 UPenn
10 Duke
11 UChicago
12 Northwestern
13 Georgetown
14 Cornell
15 Notre Dame
These schools dominate because they combine:

Top-15 TIME rank

Relatively small enrollment

Extremely high leadership placement per capita

🥈 Tier 2: Hidden Powerhouses (Smaller but Massive Output)
LDI Rank School
16 Emory
17 Vanderbilt
18 Tufts
19 Rice
20 WashU (St. Louis)
21 William & Mary
22 Caltech
23 Amherst
24 Middlebury
25 Smith College
26 Wake Forest
27 Pepperdine
28 Villanova
29 Trinity University
30 Mount Holyoke
These schools produce outsized leadership results relative to their size.

🥉 Tier 3: Big Schools That Still Punch Above Their Weight
LDI Rank School
31 UVA
32 USC
33 UCLA
34 NYU
35 Boston College
36 GW
37 Syracuse
38 Miami (FL)
39 Tulane
40 Lehigh
41 Georgia Tech
42 UC Berkeley
43 Michigan
44 UNC Chapel Hill
45 Indiana University

https://time.com/7333710/best-colleges-future-leaders-2026/

1 – 10
Harvard

Stanford

Yale

MIT

Columbia

UPenn

UC Berkeley

NYU

Georgetown

Princeton

11 – 20
UMich

Northwestern

Cornell

UChicago

Duke

Dartmouth

UVA

Brown

USC

UCLA

21 – 30
UT Austin

Wisconsin–Madison

UNC

Indiana Univ

Johns Hopkins

CMU

UIUC

Univ of Minnesota

GW

Arizona State

31 – 40
BU

Pitt

Texas A&M

Purdue

UW (Washington)

Notre Dame

Boston College

Emory

Vanderbilt

MSU

41 – 50
WashU

UMD

Penn State

Howard

Miami Univ (OH)

Univ of Hawai‘i

UGA

Univ of Missouri – Columbia

Caltech

UM – Miami