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Anonymous wrote:If we're ranking based on admit rates, we need to consider the number of applicants.

By that criteria, UCLA which attracts over 100,000 or so applicants and accepts, what, 10% (?) of them is more "desirable"'in some sense than Columbia which my DC attends.

UCLA accepted 18% last year while Columbia accepted under 6%. Compared to 10-20 yrs ago, these numbers are scary for those in high school now.

Here's why that's true.....

https://lesshighschoolstress.com/

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Anonymous wrote:Why do you care?

+1 Are you trying to figure out whether or not you can safely brag about your child's acceptance to an "elite" college? Do you want to call out a friend who is doing so?

Bragging about a DC at an elite is far better than bragging about some obscure so-called "elite" program at the shithole college your DC ended up at. Or DC playing a sport at some shithole nobody college.

Sounds like someone's trying to impress The Donald with their use of adjectives.

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Anonymous wrote:I would definitely say Notre Dame. I would also question Duke being at #8, but have an admitted bias. I wouldn't consider any of the SLAC list, although very fine colleges which I'd be fine with my DC's attending, to be "elite".

Nd is not elite - I've worked with way too many average nd grads.

Honestly I think UMD grads are smarter - I wouldn't be surprised if umd had a higher median sat

That's such a dumb remark about UMD that I have to question your entire post.

Schools like ND reject many very high SAT scores - and probably 50% of all valedictorians that apply. If their sole goal was high SAT scores, they could blow out UMD.

Major state universities don't have those restrictions.

Notre Dame's median SAT score is in the 99th percentile. Maryland's is in the 96th percentile. There's not much difference.

https://lesshighschoolstress.com/page/3/

Anonymous wrote:CS is a technical degree. Traditionally, when people talk about an elite school, they’re talking about the quality of the liberal arts program. When one talks of a Princeton, Harvard, or Yale man, I don’t think they’re thinking about the quality of the CS program. The upper class are thinking about a “type” of really smart, well-educated person that moves easily in posh social circles. CS and Northeastern doesn’t fit the mold.

Are you still living in the 60's?
Computer Science is the single hottest major in colleges/universities.

Computer science graduates from top 70 would probably make much more than liberal art graduates from ivy level schools.

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Anonymous wrote:Northeasetern has better stats than some of the colleges here.

Northeastern - SAT:1390-1540, accpetance rate: 18%

UVA - SAT:1340-1520, accpetance rate: 24%
GIT - SAT:1300-1510, accpetance rate: 21%
Berkeley - SAT:1330-1530, accpetance rate: 16%
Michigan - SAT:1340-1530, accpetance rate: 23%

For 2020-2021 Common Data Sets used for all schools it actually looks like this for mid-50 SAT:

Northeastern: 1430-1540
GT 1380-1520
Michigan 1340-1520
Berkeley 1300-1520
UVA 1330-1490

So Northeastern is higher than all of them at both 25th and 75th percentile. It is particularly significant at the 25th.

Northeastern received over 75,000 applications last year vs. less than 48,000 at UVA.

Because Northeastern has 0 supplemental essays and UVA has 2

Virginia Tech has 4 supplemental essays and recived 40000 applications. Acerptance rate of 70%.
What does it tell you?

Anonymous wrote:Y'all comparing SAT scores between a private school and a bunch of public schools are missing the point.

What? Do you take different SATs for public schools?

University of Montana

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Anonymous wrote:Northeasetern has better stats than some of the colleges here.

Northeastern - SAT:1390-1540, accpetance rate: 18%

UVA - SAT:1340-1520, accpetance rate: 24%
GIT - SAT:1300-1510, accpetance rate: 21%
Berkeley - SAT:1330-1530, accpetance rate: 16%
Michigan - SAT:1340-1530, accpetance rate: 23%

For 2020-2021 Common Data Sets used for all schools it actually looks like this for mid-50 SAT:

Northeastern: 1430-1540
GT 1380-1520
Michigan 1340-1520
Berkeley 1300-1520
UVA 1330-1490

So Northeastern is higher than all of them at both 25th and 75th percentile. It is particularly significant at the 25th.

Northeastern received over 75,000 applications last year vs. less than 48,000 at UVA.

Because Northeastern has 0 supplemental essays and UVA has 2

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Anonymous wrote:Northeasetern has better stats than some of the colleges here.

Northeastern - SAT:1390-1540, accpetance rate: 18%

UVA - SAT:1340-1520, accpetance rate: 24%
GIT - SAT:1300-1510, accpetance rate: 21%
Berkeley - SAT:1330-1530, accpetance rate: 16%
Michigan - SAT:1340-1530, accpetance rate: 23%

For 2020-2021 Common Data Sets used for all schools it actually looks like this for mid-50 SAT:

Northeastern: 1430-1540
GT 1380-1520
Michigan 1340-1520
Berkeley 1300-1520
UVA 1330-1490

So Northeastern is higher than all of them at both 25th and 75th percentile. It is particularly significant at the 25th.

Northeastern received over 75,000 applications last year vs. less than 48,000 at UVA.

It's everyone's favorite fifth choice.

UVA?

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Anonymous wrote:Northeasetern has better stats than some of the colleges here.

Northeastern - SAT:1390-1540, accpetance rate: 18%

UVA - SAT:1340-1520, accpetance rate: 24%
GIT - SAT:1300-1510, accpetance rate: 21%
Berkeley - SAT:1330-1530, accpetance rate: 16%
Michigan - SAT:1340-1530, accpetance rate: 23%

For 2020-2021 Common Data Sets used for all schools it actually looks like this for mid-50 SAT:

Northeastern: 1430-1540
GT 1380-1520
Michigan 1340-1520
Berkeley 1300-1520
UVA 1330-1490

So Northeastern is higher than all of them at both 25th and 75th percentile. It is particularly significant at the 25th.

Northeastern received over 75,000 applications last year vs. less than 48,000 at UVA.

It's everyone's favorite fifth choice.

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Anonymous wrote:Northeasetern has better stats than some of the colleges here.

Northeastern - SAT:1390-1540, accpetance rate: 18%

UVA - SAT:1340-1520, accpetance rate: 24%
GIT - SAT:1300-1510, accpetance rate: 21%
Berkeley - SAT:1330-1530, accpetance rate: 16%
Michigan - SAT:1340-1530, accpetance rate: 23%

Hahahahaha NEU is not elite by any stretch of the imagination.

I didn't say it's elite. Just provided the most objective stats.

NP. Interesting you bring up NEU. DS, an 11th grader, is very excited about applying there. While I wouldn't consider it prestigious and has benefitted from playing the "ratings game", is it that far off? Another decade of acceptance rates in the teens? What defines "prestigious" anyway?

PP. As a follow up, endowment numbers for each mentioned:

NEU $1.1B
UVa $15.4B
GA Tech $2.2B
UCB $5B
Mich $17B

What's the source?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_colleges_and_universities_in_the_United_States_by_endowment

UVa 7.26
Mich 12.48

Wikipedia is your source? 🤣
https://www.nbc29.com/2021/10/25/report-uva-endowment-now-145b/

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.detroitnews.com/amp/6124618001

Wikipedia uses the National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO) as its source, and this is the most reliable source as it compares endowments on an apples-to-apples basis. Press reports will often give the total funds under management. This includes non-endowment funds like operating funds, which can be a substantial component of the overall funds managed (particularly if the university has a hospital system), but they are not endowment funds.

Y'all comparing SAT scores between a private school and a bunch of public schools are missing the point.

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Anonymous wrote:Northeasetern has better stats than some of the colleges here.

Northeastern - SAT:1390-1540, accpetance rate: 18%

UVA - SAT:1340-1520, accpetance rate: 24%
GIT - SAT:1300-1510, accpetance rate: 21%
Berkeley - SAT:1330-1530, accpetance rate: 16%
Michigan - SAT:1340-1530, accpetance rate: 23%

For 2020-2021 Common Data Sets used for all schools it actually looks like this for mid-50 SAT:

Northeastern: 1430-1540
GT 1380-1520
Michigan 1340-1520
Berkeley 1300-1520
UVA 1330-1490

So Northeastern is higher than all of them at both 25th and 75th percentile. It is particularly significant at the 25th.

Northeastern received over 75,000 applications last year vs. less than 48,000 at UVA.

Anonymous wrote:Northeasetern has better stats than some of the colleges here.

Northeastern - SAT:1390-1540, accpetance rate: 18%

UVA - SAT:1340-1520, accpetance rate: 24%
GIT - SAT:1300-1510, accpetance rate: 21%
Berkeley - SAT:1330-1530, accpetance rate: 16%
Michigan - SAT:1340-1530, accpetance rate: 23%

For 2020-2021 Common Data Sets used for all schools it actually looks like this for mid-50 SAT:

Northeastern: 1430-1540
GT 1380-1520
Michigan 1340-1520
Berkeley 1300-1520
UVA 1330-1490

So Northeastern is higher than all of them at both 25th and 75th percentile. It is particularly significant at the 25th.

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Anonymous wrote:Northeasetern has better stats than some of the colleges here.

Northeastern - SAT:1390-1540, accpetance rate: 18%

UVA - SAT:1340-1520, accpetance rate: 24%
GIT - SAT:1300-1510, accpetance rate: 21%
Berkeley - SAT:1330-1530, accpetance rate: 16%
Michigan - SAT:1340-1530, accpetance rate: 23%

Hahahahaha NEU is not elite by any stretch of the imagination.

I didn't say it's elite. Just provided the most objective stats.

NP. Interesting you bring up NEU. DS, an 11th grader, is very excited about applying there. While I wouldn't consider it prestigious and has benefitted from playing the "ratings game", is it that far off? Another decade of acceptance rates in the teens? What defines "prestigious" anyway?

PP. As a follow up, endowment numbers for each mentioned:

NEU $1.1B
UVa $15.4B
GA Tech $2.2B
UCB $5B
Mich $17B

What's the source?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_colleges_and_universities_in_the_United_States_by_endowment

UVa 7.26
Mich 12.48

For UVA and Michigan, a lot of that endowment is going to be their medical side. Very few students there.