2007 US New Best Colleges top 50

Colleges & Universities Washington University in St. Louis
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<p>Here’s the supposed top 50 scoop</p>

<li>Princeton </li>
<li>Harvard </li>
<li>Yale/Penn </li>
<li>Stanford/MIT </li>
<li>Duke/Columbia/Caltech </li>
<li>Dartmouth/WUSTL </li>
<li>Northwestern </li>
<li>JHU/Brown </li>
<li>Cornell </li>
<li>Chicago </li>
<li>Rice </li>
<li>Emory/Berkeley </li>
<li>Vandy </li>
<li>ND </li>
<li>Gtown/CMU </li>
<li>UVA/UCLA/UMICH </li>
<li>Tufts/UNC </li>
<li>Wake/W&M </li>
<li>Lehigh/UCSD/Brandeis </li>
<li>USC/Rochester </li>
<li>Wsiconsin </li>
<li>NYU/Case </li>
<li>BC/GTech </li>
<li>Irvine/RPI/Illinois </li>
<li>UCSB/Washington/Yeshiva </li>
<li>PSU </li>
<li>Davis/Syracuse </li>
<li>Tulane/Florida/UT</li>
</ol>

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<p>These are a hoax according to the thread they originated in.</p>

<p>A guy made them up at a u t o a d m i t . c o m. At least that’s what some charge.</p>

<p>It would be great to have Wash U in the top ten. Wouldn’t surprise me, especially after overenrolling by ~100 students.</p>

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<p>WashU overenrolling by 100+ students won’t have any bearing on this year’s rankings, because U.S. News eliminated yield as a factor in the rankings. However, this overenrollment will indirectly cause WashU to become harder to get into next year and drop the acceptance rate a couple points. My guess is that it will be around 15% ish next year. So expect a possible change in 2008’s rankings.</p>

<p>Still, I find the U.S. News rankings to be absolutely horrid, and I really don’t put any stock into them.</p>

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<p>That’s good news!</p>

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<p>This list is a hoax…wait until Friday.</p>

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<p>Apparently Wash U dropped to 12.</p>

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<p>According to the latest College Confidential US New ranking the University of Chicago jumped 6 spots and is now #9…go figure? The U of Chicago is a great school, but I think it’s weird for any college to move ahead like that.</p>

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<p>I think people need to stop paying so much attention to these things.</p>

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<p>I agree with you Achill. I’ve come to realize that all these rankings and arguing over a few points is so petty and meaningless. All that matters in a school is whether it challenges you, gives you opportunites, and is a fit for you. That’s all that really matters. I don’t care about rankings and ratings anymore.</p>

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<p>I have to say the same. It seems that by focusing on a ranking so much you also place a sub-conscious limit on what you can achieve based on your college.</p>