| hawkette, I would encourage the student to subjectively weigh the greater attraction to Tufts against the greater prestige of Cornell. There are always going to be trade-offs. I would also make sure the student wasn't mis-informed about the academic and non-academic virtues of Tufts and Cornell.
Actual PA voters don't actually use any formula. But the formula shows that their intuition has merit and validity in the "real world". They don't just pull their ratings out of a hat. They are not random. They are accurate. They capture a lot about a school. |