American University Early Decision for Fall 2024 Admissions

aewlmom
Mon, 18 Dec 2023 03:10:48 +0000

I would just reiterate what positiveshake said. The new USNWR formula for rankings has been the source of much discussion here on CC and elsewhere. Many (many) private colleges went down in the rankings, and many public universities went up. That is because the new formula gives no or less weight to things like class size, high school class rank, graduation rates, financial resources per student, etc. (and more weight to metrics involving Pell Grant recipients and first generation college students). Private schools like AU, Tulane, WashU, Brandies, Wake Forest, NYU and others all fell in the rankings. These schools are just as good as before. The ranking criteria is just different in this particular publication. Ultimately, each student needs to find the right fit for them.