Anonymous
12/27/2025 11:36
Subject: Most Selective Colleges, College Transitions
Anonymous wrote:I think this list is a bit outdated — based on last year’s admission data, it’s not valid. Also, UCs are test blind so their inclusion is suspect given the supposed criteria. Next.
There are no UCs on the list.
Anonymous
12/27/2025 11:19
Subject: Most Selective Colleges, College Transitions
Anonymous wrote:I'm guessing an Emory person posted this. lol
You're obsessed
Anonymous
12/27/2025 11:15
Subject: Most Selective Colleges, College Transitions
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Amherst College
Barnard College
Bowdoin College
Claremont McKenna College
Colby College
Grinnell College
Hamilton College
Harvey Mudd College
Middlebury College
Pomona College
Swarthmore College
Williams College
Brown University
California Institute of Technology
Carnegie Mellon University
Columbia University
Cornell University
Dartmouth College
Duke University
Emory University
Georgetown University
Harvard University
Johns Hopkins University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
New York University
Northwestern University
Princeton University
Rice University
Stanford University
Tufts University
Tulane University
University of Chicago
University of Pennsylvania
University of Southern California
Vanderbilt University
Washington University in St. Louis
Yale University
Categories of College Selectivity https://share.google/AI4xco3w504txRzma
This list is made up of a great group of 12 LACs and of 25 National Universities. Reviewing the list, I would have been delighted, and privileged, to attend almost any of the schools on either list.
This is a nicely generous comment toward the colleges that appear in the category.
Anonymous
12/27/2025 11:06
Subject: Most Selective Colleges, College Transitions
I think this list is a bit outdated — based on last year’s admission data, it’s not valid. Also, UCs are test blind so their inclusion is suspect given the supposed criteria. Next.
Anonymous
12/27/2025 10:59
Subject: Most Selective Colleges, College Transitions
Anonymous wrote:lol at something called College Transitions rankings.
You could have done that without opening the topic.
Anonymous
12/27/2025 10:49
Subject: Most Selective Colleges, College Transitions
I'm guessing an Emory person posted this. lol
Anonymous
12/27/2025 10:47
Subject: Most Selective Colleges, College Transitions
lol at something called College Transitions rankings.
Anonymous
12/27/2025 10:45
Subject: Most Selective Colleges, College Transitions
Anonymous wrote:Amherst College
Barnard College
Bowdoin College
Claremont McKenna College
Colby College
Grinnell College
Hamilton College
Harvey Mudd College
Middlebury College
Pomona College
Swarthmore College
Williams College
Brown University
California Institute of Technology
Carnegie Mellon University
Columbia University
Cornell University
Dartmouth College
Duke University
Emory University
Georgetown University
Harvard University
Johns Hopkins University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
New York University
Northwestern University
Princeton University
Rice University
Stanford University
Tufts University
Tulane University
University of Chicago
University of Pennsylvania
University of Southern California
Vanderbilt University
Washington University in St. Louis
Yale University
Categories of College Selectivity https://share.google/AI4xco3w504txRzma
This list is made up of a great group of 12 LACs and of 25 National Universities. Reviewing the list, I would have been delighted, and privileged, to attend almost any of the schools on either list.
Anonymous
12/27/2025 10:45
Subject: Most Selective Colleges, College Transitions
I got yer list right here.
Anonymous
12/27/2025 10:40
Subject: Most Selective Colleges, College Transitions
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Mmmmk this is common knowledge to everyone on DCUM right? Like zero new names on this list. This is the It’s A Reach For Everyone list of colleges.
However, what may seem obvious to some may not be obvious to everyone. This is particularly relevant with respect to high school students who would like to explore a variety of college options, but whose parents or school counselors may not be familiar with a wide range of schools.
What benefit does this provide? Being the most rejective says nothing about fit, academic quality, or even value
The list posted is one of a few the site includes. The other categories are extremely selective, very selective and moderately selective. If information of this type is avoided, gathering a sensible amount of colleges to research further for qualities such as fit, academics and value may be much more challenging. Personally, I'm not biased toward any particular selectivity category, and would recommend that students consider colleges from two or more of them.
Maybe.
Environment matters; it's good to be around the smartest group of peers to which one can gain access.
Anonymous
12/27/2025 09:55
Subject: Most Selective Colleges, College Transitions
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Mmmmk this is common knowledge to everyone on DCUM right? Like zero new names on this list. This is the It’s A Reach For Everyone list of colleges.
However, what may seem obvious to some may not be obvious to everyone. This is particularly relevant with respect to high school students who would like to explore a variety of college options, but whose parents or school counselors may not be familiar with a wide range of schools.
What benefit does this provide? Being the most rejective says nothing about fit, academic quality, or even value
The list posted is one of a few the site includes. The other categories are extremely selective, very selective and moderately selective. If information of this type is avoided, gathering a sensible amount of colleges to research further for qualities such as fit, academics and value may be much more challenging. Personally, I'm not biased toward any particular selectivity category, and would recommend that students consider colleges from two or more of them.
Anonymous
12/27/2025 08:14
Subject: Re:Most Selective Colleges, College Transitions
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Since this was part of the criteria, this is dumb:
“AND possess an average composite ACT (25%tile) score of at least 30 or an average combined SAT (25%tile) score of at least 1370.”
Why is that dumb? We definitely looked at the avg SAT scores of schools when DD was looking to get a sense of the general academic caliber of kids going there. It’s a very relevant criteria point.
In fact average SAT score is far more relevant than admission rate. A school that only admits students scoring 1500+, but admits nearly all such students, would actually have a very high admission rate, because few unqualified students would bother to apply. This is why Americans looking at overseas schools with clear admissions criteria are often shocked by their high admissions rates.
The reason these list-makers have to include SAT scores as a criterion is that the actual most selective schools in the country are dance and music conservatory programs. Being highly selective doesn’t say anything at all about the quality of your academics. It says that your selection criteria are unclear, somewhat random, and/or (as with performing arts) difficult to quantify.
Anonymous
12/27/2025 07:51
Subject: Re:Most Selective Colleges, College Transitions
Anonymous wrote:Since this was part of the criteria, this is dumb:
“AND possess an average composite ACT (25%tile) score of at least 30 or an average combined SAT (25%tile) score of at least 1370.”
Why is that dumb? We definitely looked at the avg SAT scores of schools when DD was looking to get a sense of the general academic caliber of kids going there. It’s a very relevant criteria point.
Anonymous
12/27/2025 05:50
Subject: Most Selective Colleges, College Transitions
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Mmmmk this is common knowledge to everyone on DCUM right? Like zero new names on this list. This is the It’s A Reach For Everyone list of colleges.
However, what may seem obvious to some may not be obvious to everyone. This is particularly relevant with respect to high school students who would like to explore a variety of college options, but whose parents or school counselors may not be familiar with a wide range of schools.
What benefit does this provide? Being the most rejective says nothing about fit, academic quality, or even value
Anonymous
12/27/2025 01:39
Subject: Most Selective Colleges, College Transitions
Anonymous wrote:Mmmmk this is common knowledge to everyone on DCUM right? Like zero new names on this list. This is the It’s A Reach For Everyone list of colleges.
However, what may seem obvious to some may not be obvious to everyone. This is particularly relevant with respect to high school students who would like to explore a variety of college options, but whose parents or school counselors may not be familiar with a wide range of schools.