<p>Hawkette: this is great stuff. Once again what jumps out at me is how high Tulane scores under this criteria. It illustrates how messed up the USNWR rankings are, notably with its beauty contest category – aka PA, that a school like Tulane ranks 50th in USNWR, but outscores Cornell, USC, NYU, Brandeis, Boston College, Wake Forest, et al under this system. Notice the UC “also rans” of Davis, Irvine, and SB come in at 8 and 9 percent, while these schools under USNWR outrank several top state flagship schools and Tulane. What a joke.</p>