Forbes has no clue.
Emory #128
Rice #181
ND # 192
Boston College #525
Emory #128
Rice #181
ND # 192
Boston College #525
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OT: The New Ivies According To Forbes
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Forbes has no clue.
CWUR is the gold standard using actual data for academic rankings. The rest like Forbes is just someone's opinion.
I'd be interested in what statistics they use to put UMass over Rice and Notre Dame. "Gold standard" is your opinion.
UMass Amherst
63.5% acceptance rate
25-75 SAT 1260-1400
25-75 ACT 29-33
Rice
7.9% acceptance rate
25-75 SAT 1500-1560
25-75 ACT 33-36
63.5% acceptance rate
25-75 SAT 1260-1400
25-75 ACT 29-33
Rice
7.9% acceptance rate
25-75 SAT 1500-1560
25-75 ACT 33-36
Wasn’t it the most selective school in the country this past few years?
Seemed to have read that somewhere, maybe here.
I believe they get the most applications of any school in the world which helps
It probably doesn't hurt that they have an easy to spell name no matter your first language lol
Also Westwood is a much nicer location than USC's, it'd be like being located on UWS or UES
BC is the type of school that spoiled / entitled nerds go to who aren’t good enough for Ivies and live too sheltered of a life to attend a big public school.
Without digging I believe the grad programs are excellent. Do they even HAVE undergrads?
A little harsh there. BC requires good grades, just not Ivy level. Schools like Colgate and Lehigh are excellent. And if you want to talk about true colleges/undergrad, not universities, Amherst, Willams, Bowdoin and Middlebury are world class.
I fail to understand the reason behind paying double in tuition for a private not in the Ivies or in the 2nd tier of privates like Stanford, Duke, NW, Vandy, Hopkins, etc. Like why in all that is holy are you paying $60K a year to attend SHU or almost $90K to attend Cuse?
Yes, you're right. UCLA was is so difficult now; a high school student needs a 4.5+ GPA and at least 1480 to 1600 to get in. It even surpassed Berkeley for two years, although the two schools are tied as the best public universities in the country.Wasn’t it the most selective school in the country this past few years?
Seemed to have read that somewhere, maybe here.
10% acceptance rate? Hardly. It is more like 50%. The 8000 admittees are those who chose Rutgers. The number admitted is much much higher. Many who are admitted choose to go elsewhere.
That's a poor analogy. It would be more of... why would you rather pay the same money for some rusted out hoopty when you can have a honda accord.Why drive BMW when you can drive a Honda Accord
Stanford 2nd tier? Same for most of the others you cite . Now SHU and Cuse will offer packages to students who differ from the aplicat stereotype,like living in the tri-state area. One of the schools my niece from Massachusetts applied to 15 years ago was St.Johns. Didn't go, but was offered a 10k grant against tuition. They don't get many applicants from Mass. If she had livedin Nassau County of Bergen County she'd have been offered nothing.
I worded that incorrectly. By 2nd tier I mean 2nd tier in comparison to the Ivies, and in Stanford's case on par or better than most Ivies, still elite schools mind you.
The response will be that the schools give scholarships to cut the price. But that's definitely not true in all cases, and likely not most cases either.
But, you will hear Brad and Chad could only find themselves in upstate NY or the rural south by joining a frat with their HS buds in a different state before returning to NJ to work at their dad's business.
why is everything so condescending with you? Can't you ever just leave that giant chip on your shoulder at home and be normal?